A CHARLES II STYLE TWIN-HANDLED SILVER-GILT PORRINGER AND COVER, CHRISTENING GIFT FROM KING GEORGE V
PAIRPOINT BROTHERS, LONDON 1908
Auction: Day 1: Wednesday 20 August - Lots 1 - 296
Description
the deep bell-shaped bowl with applied acanthus foliage, engraved Rococo cartouche with George V's armorial to one side, engraved presentation inscription to the other ‘David George Coke Patrick Lord Ogilvy from his Godfather George R.J. 28th June 1926’ the acanthus leaf clasped handles each of S-scroll form, the pull-off domed cover with similar decoration and compressed bun finial, all raised on a domed foot
Dimensions
21cm high, 37.5oz
Provenance
Property from the Earls of Airlie