Lot 252
REGIMENTAL INTEREST:
A George III two-handled cup with part-fluting & a frieze of fruiting vines below the rim, inscribed "Presented by the Non Commissioned Officers of the 5th (or Princess Charlotte of Wales's ) Dragoon Guards to Lieut. Houghton (Late Adjt) as an emblem of their esteem to whom they always looked as to a Protector, Father & Friend", the other side engraved with the badge of the 5th Dragoon Guards, by James Ede & Alexander Hewat, London 1808; 8.4" (21.5 cms) high; 23.9 oz
