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Cup and Cover
Marked by: John White (English (Dorset), about 1700–1789)
English (London)
1737–38
Medium/Technique
Silver (sterling standard), gilt
Dimensions
Overall: 35.5 x 35.5 x 16.5 cm (14 x 14 x 6 1/2 in.) Weight: 110 oz (3421 g)
Credit Line
Gift of Alan and Simone Hartman and Harriet J. Bradbury Fund
Accession Number2001.35a-b
CollectionsEurope
ClassificationsSilver-gilt
Silver hollowware
Silver
Silver hollowware
Silver
DescriptionVase-shaped cup on spreading foot with elaborately cast and chased rococo ornament. The body has applied floral swags around the top, and mermaids driving chariots of sea horses, and mermen below. Two scroll handles. Domed cover with outer border of foliage.Foliate bud finial. A baron's crest applied to front and back.
Marks
Struck under base with hallmarks (leopard's head, lion passant, date letter for 1737-8) and with maker's mark of John White (Grimwade no. 1735).
InscriptionsThe arms are those of King, as borne by John, 2d Lord King and Baron of Ockham (1704-1740).
ProvenanceMade for John, 2nd Lord King and Baron of Ockham (1704-40). By descent to Earl and Countess of Lovelace. June 8, 1995, sold by Earl and Countess of Lovelace, at Sotheby's, London, lot 113, where most probably bought by Alan and Simone Hartman, New York, NY; 2001, gift of Alan and Simone Hartman. (Accession date: February 21, 2001)