Lot 428
A GEORGE II SILVERGILT REPOUSSE-WORK CUP & COVER
with twin, leaf-capped scroll handles, a campana shaped body & a moulded girdle, the double-dome cover with a cast knop finial, engraved on one side with a coat of arms* and on the other side with a crest & motto "SEMPER FIDELIS", by Richard Gurney & Co., London 1744; 10.5" (26.7 cms) high; 44.3 oz
*Arms of Smith quartering Curtis and impaling Marriott quartering Pearson for Sir John Wyldbore Smith 2nd Bt.
