Object Detail
Description
cup and cover, pair, each with knop finial and fluted dome cover, the pear shaped bodies with twin double scroll leaf decorated handles and twin fluted bases-on circular feet with gadrooned rims, bodies with engraved armorials to one side and crests to the reverse.
Maker and role
silversmith: William Grundy (English, d.circa 1780)
Production place
London, England
Production date
1768
Media description
sterling silver
Measurements
overall: 340 x 315 x 152 mm; .1 222 x diameter (at base) 111 mm; .2 130 x diameter 152 mm (each)
Inscriptions
engraved armorials to one side and crests to the reverse.
Credit line
bequest of Mr. Clive Hele (Roger) Brookes, Melbourne, 2021, in memory of his parents Sir Wilfred Deakin Brookes, CBE, DSO, AE and Mrs. Betty (née Heal) Brookes
Project credit line
This digital record has been made available on TJC Collection Online through a significant donation from the OPENING DOORS fund, the generous support of The Friends of The Johnston Collection, and Digitisation Champion Christine Bell and a specified fund established from the Estate of Mr. Clive Hele (Roger) Brookes.
Accession number
A1568
TJC reference number
6295
