MALCOLM S. FORBES COLLECTION: GEORGE III SILVER AND SILVER GILT TWO-HANDLED PRESENTATION CUP AND COVER . John Scofield (Sch...

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MALCOLM S. FORBES COLLECTION: GEORGE III SILVER AND SILVER GILT TWO-HANDLED PRESENTATION CUP AND COVER
John Scofield (Schofield), London, England, 1799-1800
Marks: (lion passant), (leopard's head crowned), (duty mark), IS, D
15-1/4 inches high (38.7 cm)
73.09 troy ounces

Engraved THIS CUP WAS PURCHASED by a public Subscription OF SOME OF THE MOST RESPECTABLE INHABITANTS OF THE CITY OF OXFORD, and Presented to Mr. W. Hayes, IN TESTIMONY OF THE OBLIGATIONS THEY OWE HIM for his disinterested Services of many Years as Governor of THE HOUSE OF INDUSTRY. 1815, the verso engraved with prize bull in foliate cartouche, silver gilt to interior.

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