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Two-Handled Cup and Cover

Samuel Margas (free 1715, active in 1733)

1721–22

Object PlaceLondon, England

Medium/TechniqueSilver gilt

Dimensions33.5 x 32.2 x 18 cm (13 3/16 x 12 11/16 x 7 1/16 in.)
Weight: 2.579.9 gm (82 oz 19 dwt)

Credit LineTheodora Wilbour Fund in memory of Charlotte Beebe Wilbour

Accession number1975.361a-b

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ClassificationsSilver

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InscriptionsARMORIALS: on one side, Royal Arms and Cipher of George I; on other side, arms of Edgcumbe differenced with a crescent for George Edgcumbe (1720-1795), second surving son of Richard, first baron Edgcumbe of Mount Edgcumbe (1680-1758)

Provenance1721-22, presented by King George I as a christening gift to George Edgcumbe (b. 1720 - d. 1795), 1st Earl of Mount Edgcumbe. 1975, Prince Edward, the Duke of Kent; June 26, 1975, HRH The Duke of Kent sale, Sotheby's, London, lot 63. July, 1975, S.J. Shrubsole (dealer), New York; sold by S. J. Shrubsole to the MFA. (Accession Date: September 10, 1975)