A GEORGE II SILVER CUP AND COVER

MAKER'S MARK OF BENJAMIN GODFREY, LONDON, 1732

细节

A GEORGE II SILVER CUP AND COVER
maker's mark of benjamin godfrey, london, 1732
Vase form, the cover and sides applied with strapwork and portrait medallions against a matted ground, the front engraved with royal armorials, marked under base and on cover
12in. (30.5cm.) high; 94oz. 10dwt. (2945gr.)

拍品专文

The arms are those of H.R.H. The Prince George Edward Alexander Edmund, Duke of Kent K.G., K.T., P.C., G.C.M.G., G.C.V.O., fourth son of King George V, who was born in 1902. He married in 1934 H.R.H. Princess Marina, daughter of Prince Nicholas of Greece. The Duke of Kent was killed while on active service in 1942.