Cup
Robert Garrard I (1758 - 1818)
Category
Silver
Date
1803
Materials
Silver
Measurements
448 x 300 x 180 mm
Order this imageCollection
Anglesey Abbey, Cambridgeshire
NT 516452
Summary
Pair of silver gilt 2-handled vase-shaped cups and covers, each on circular foot chased with shells and bullrushes, stem formed as 3 dolphins, lower parts of bodies chased with fluting, engraved above with 2 coats-of-arms with 4 ball coronet in ermine mantling with motto Qualis Ab Encepto, handles rising from shells and chased with bullrushes, covers with scalework borders and triple dolphin finials. George III by Robert Garrard 1803. Hallmark on rim of cover and rim of base.
Provenance
Thomas Philip de Grey, 2nd Earl de Grey and 3rd Lord Grantham (1781-1859) William Henry Grenfell, 1st Baron Desborough (1855-1945) (Urban) Huttleston Rogers Broughton, 1st Baron Fairhaven (1896-1966) bequeathed by Lord Fairhaven to the National Trust along with the house and the rest of the contents National Trust
Makers and roles
Robert Garrard I (1758 - 1818)