Marks Antiques
128 Mount Street, London, W1K 3NU
A PAIR OF GEORGE II IRISH SILVER TWO-HANDLED CUPS AND COVERS
JOHN HAMILTON
RETAILED BY ALEXANDER D. BROWN
DUBLIN, 1730
Of typical form, each engraved above moulded girdles with contemporary coats-of-arms within baroque cartouches, the stepped domed covers engraved with crests below urn finials
Height 19.3 cm, 7 5 / 8 in, 1580 gr, 50 oz 15 dwt, scratch weights of cups '19:4' and '19:0', and covers '7:4' and '7:4'John Hamilton
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The arms are those of Montgomery impaling probably Blakeney.
Provenance: The collection of Gloria Schiff