Cup
John Jacob
Category
Silver
Date
1734 - 1735
Materials
Silver
Collection
Dunham Massey, Cheshire
NT 936015
Summary
Silver cup and cover by John Jacob, 1734/35. 'The inverted bell-shaped cup is raised and has a moulded band at the waist. The moulded foot is cast and turned; the double scrolled leaf-capped handles are cast in sections. The tall domed and moulded cover is raised, has a cast baluster finial and a seamed locating flange. The front of both the cup and cover are engraved with the monogram MW [Lord Warrington's supposed illegitimate daughter, Mary Walton]' (Lomax and Rothwell, 'Country House Silver From Dunham Massey', 2006, pp.57).
Provenance
Previously on loan to the National Trust by the Rt Hon. Lord Deramore and became the property of the National Trust after his death in 2006.
Makers and roles
John Jacob, silversmith