Ellis Finch
Head of Knightsbridge Silver Department
Lot 53
A George III silver cup and cover Digby Scott & Benjamin Smith II, London 1806
27 November 2019, 14:00 GMT
London, New Bond Street£4,000 - £6,000
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Michael Moorcroft
Consultant
A George III silver cup and cover
Digby Scott & Benjamin Smith II, London 1806
The cover with pod finial on a leaf calyx, the body with tongue and dart overlapping rim above a band of fruiting vine, the ornate cast handles capped with the bust of Mercury, the lower junctions with ram masks, applied laurel reserves, one with an armorial engraving for John Calvert and the other with a presentation inscription 'The Eastern Troop of Herts Yeomanry Cavalry, to their Captain John Calvert Esqr. as a mark of their Esteem & Regard. October 3rd 1806', the rim of the loaded foot also stamped 'Rundell Bridge et Rundell Aurifices Regis et Principis Walliæ Londini Fecerunt', the lower part of the body with sprays of acorns between stiff leaves, height 36cm, weight total 106oz.
The cover with pod finial on a leaf calyx, the body with tongue and dart overlapping rim above a band of fruiting vine, the ornate cast handles capped with the bust of Mercury, the lower junctions with ram masks, applied laurel reserves, one with an armorial engraving for John Calvert and the other with a presentation inscription 'The Eastern Troop of Herts Yeomanry Cavalry, to their Captain John Calvert Esqr. as a mark of their Esteem & Regard. October 3rd 1806', the rim of the loaded foot also stamped 'Rundell Bridge et Rundell Aurifices Regis et Principis Walliæ Londini Fecerunt', the lower part of the body with sprays of acorns between stiff leaves, height 36cm, weight total 106oz.
Footnotes
John Calvert (1758-1844) was the eldest son and heir of John Calvert (1726-1804) of Albury Hall, Hertfordshire by Elizabeth Hulse (born 1732) the daughter of Sir Edward Hulse (1682-1759), 1st Baronet of Breamore Hants. and physician to George II. Calvert was an MP and secretary to the Lord Chamberlain. He was a captain of the East Hertfordshire Yeomanry from 1794. His father John Calvert (1726-1804) was also an MP but the family wealth was gained from the brewing industry, with breweries at Aldbury and in London that were created by his father Felix Calvert.
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