拍品专文
The finely engraved cartouche and arms bear strong similarities to a cartouche attributed to Joseph Sympson illustrated in C. Oman, English Engraved Silver, 1150-1900, London, 1978, fig 103. There is the same use of pastoral figures and the distinctive lower cartouche of Bacchic putti. Joseph Sympson was, according to Horace Walpole, employed by the artist Tillemans to engrave a Newmarket Trophy and it was from this his work became known. A cup and cover by William Lukin, recently accepted in lieu of tax by Temple Newsam, Leeds and a silver-gilt tazza, en-suite, in the Victoria and Albert Museum are engraved in a similar style with the engraving on the tazza signed by Sympson.