Presentation cup
Hunt and Roskell Ltd
Category
Silver
Date
1913
Materials
Silver
Measurements
208 mm (H)152 mm (Diameter)
Place of origin
London
Collection
Cragside, Northumberland
NT 1230961
Summary
Presentation cup with a dome shaped lid and two vertical handles in silver. Hallmark is Lion, leopard's head, P, H and R Ltd. Hunt and Roskell Ltd., late Storr and Mortimer 3039. Engraved with the Armstrong crest, and on other side, Presented to William John Montagu Watson-Armstrong on his 21st birthday by his father and mother, 10th Oct. 1913. Marked CRA/S/128.1 for cup and CRA/S/128.2 for lid.
Provenance
Armstrong collection. Transferred by the Treasury to The National Trust in 1977 via the National Land Fund, aided by 3rd Baron Armstrong of Bamburgh and Cragside (1919 - 1987).
Makers and roles
Hunt and Roskell Ltd, silversmith