A GEORGE III SILVER CUP AND COVER
MARK OF CHARLES WRIGHT LONDON, 1769
A GEORGE III SILVER CUP AND COVER MARK OF CHARLES WRIGHT LONDON, 1769 Vase shaped and on spread foot chased with a band of fruiting grapevine and hops, the lower body chased with foliage below a fruiting grapevine band, with two similarly cast scroll handles heighted with grotesque masks, the detachable cover with a female figure holding and anchor, the inside set with the seal of the Court of Vice Admiralty Over All America, engraved under the base with initials 'WS' below a crest, marked near handle and on cover bezel 86 oz 13 dwt. (2,695 gr.) The crest is that of Spry, for William Spry (d.1772) judge of the Vice-Admiralty Court for all America, appointed in 1764, later Governor of Barbados in 1767. He died in this post in 1772.
A GEORGE III SILVER CUP AND COVER
MARK OF CHARLES WRIGHT LONDON, 1769
A GEORGE III SILVER CUP AND COVER MARK OF CHARLES WRIGHT LONDON, 1769 Vase shaped and on spread foot chased with a band of fruiting grapevine and hops, the lower body chased with foliage below a fruiting grapevine band, with two similarly cast scroll handles heighted with grotesque masks, the detachable cover with a female figure holding and anchor, the inside set with the seal of the Court of Vice Admiralty Over All America, engraved under the base with initials 'WS' below a crest, marked near handle and on cover bezel 86 oz 13 dwt. (2,695 gr.) The crest is that of Spry, for William Spry (d.1772) judge of the Vice-Admiralty Court for all America, appointed in 1764, later Governor of Barbados in 1767. He died in this post in 1772.
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