Lot 266
A PAIR OF GEORGE III WINE GOBLETS
with gadrooned pedestal bases and pail-shaped bowls with gilt interiors, each engraved on one side with the script initials "WH" and on the other with a drapery cartouche surmounted by a tied ribbon and inscribed:-
"He who is happy in his friends and makes them happy too,
Pursues thro"life its truest ends and brightens every view,
To such a one these cups are sent for temperate employ
And may each Potion give content, each object social Joy
Dec 20th 1805"
by either Henry Nutting or Hannah Northcote, London 1805; 6.9" (17.5 cms) high; 20.6 oz (2)
