A PAIR OF GEORGE III SILVER-GILT MOUNTED COCONUT CUPS
MARK OF THOMAS PHIPPS AND EDWARD ROBINSON, LONDON, 1791
Each on plain reeded spreading trumpet foot, the body formed of a coconut elaborately carved with geometric motifs and a coat-of-arms below an earl's coronet and a crest and above a motto, with silver-gilt lining and rim mount, marked on interiors, rims and bases
73/4 in. (19.7 cm.) high
gross weight 22 oz. 4 dwt. (692 gr.)
The arms are those of Walpole, for Horace Walpole, 4th Earl of Orford (1717–1797).
A PAIR OF GEORGE III SILVER-GILT MOUNTED COCONUT CUPS
MARK OF THOMAS PHIPPS AND EDWARD ROBINSON, LONDON, 1791
Each on plain reeded spreading trumpet foot, the body formed of a coconut elaborately carved with geometric motifs and a coat-of-arms below an earl's coronet and a crest and above a motto, with silver-gilt lining and rim mount, marked on interiors, rims and bases
73/4 in. (19.7 cm.) high
gross weight 22 oz. 4 dwt. (692 gr.)
The arms are those of Walpole, for Horace Walpole, 4th Earl of Orford (1717–1797).
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