拍品 369
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A GEORGE III SILVER-GILT CUP AND COVER

细节
A GEORGE III SILVER-GILT CUP AND COVER
LONDON, 1790, MAKER'S MARK OF JOHN SCOFIELD

In the Adam style, vase-shaped on spreading circular base chased with a band of stiff foliage, rising to a calyx of chased radiating palmettes and a palmette knop, the lower part of the body chased with batswing fluting below an applied band of Vitruvian scrolls and honeysuckle on a matted ground, applied above with foliate swags and paterae, with two acanthus-clad reeded swept handles, the spool-form cover with similar decoration and fluted ovoid finial, the cover engraved with a inscription, marked on base and cover--20½in. (52cm.) high
(103 oz.)

拍品专文

The inscription reads: In memory of the sincere and lasting friendship which subsisted between George Paterson of Castle Huntley, Esq. and the late Alexander Callander of Crichton, Esq. this cup is respectfully presented by the brothers of the deceased, John and David Callander, 1792