Name: Auction: A CONTINENTAL SILVER-GILT AND GEM-SET CHRISTENING CUP INDISTINCTLY MARKED TO FOOT
Brand: Lyon & Turnbull
Price: 4000 GBP
Availability: InStock

Day 1: Wednesday 20 August - Lots 1 - 296

Day 2: Thursday 21 August - Lots 297 - end

Scotland Collected is a unique celebration of Scottish creativity, craftsmanship and cultural legacy brought together in one specially curated auction.This sale showcases exceptional Scottish objects, each reflecting the nation's rich history and enduring spirit. Explore a diverse selection of treasures, from rare Jacobite artefacts and ceremonial Scottish silver, to fine single malt Scotch whisky, period furniture and iconic works by modern Scottish makers and artists. We have the pleasure this year of also offering a number of private collections, including Property from the Earls of Airlie (lots 212 - 296), Selected Highlights from the John Kirk Arms and Armour Collection (lots 296 - 343) and The Cairncross Collection- Scottish Freshwater Pearl Jewellery (lots 616 - 712). Every lot has been chosen for its beauty, provenance and cultural significance, each with a story to tell, each a piece of Scotland, collected.Sale Contacts<a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.lyonandturnbull.com/about/specialists/john-mackie">John Mackie </a>| 0131 557 8844 | <a href="mailto:john.mackie@lyonandturnbull.com">john.mackie@lyonandturnbull.com</a> <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.lyonandturnbull.com/about/specialists/kier-alexander">Kier Alexander </a>| 0131 557 8844 | <a href="mailto:kier.alexander@lyonandturnbull.com">kier.alexander@lyonandturnbull.com</a>Buyers' Guide:

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Jacobite & Scottish Works of Art

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Scotland Collected - Auction | 20 & 21 August 2025

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the deep slender cup with chased floral scroll border and acanthus clasped lower body, the stem of baluster form, set with various cabochons, including bloodstone, garnet, chalcedony etc, to a domed foot with chased vine and grape detail, the border engraved ‘Robert Jocelyn from his Godfather, Frederik Viscount Castlereagh 1846’ above a gadronned border, above a presentation inscription to foot ‘David George Patrick Coke, Lord Ogilvy, 17th May 1926 from his loving Grandmother and Godmother Mabell Airlie’ presented in a later case, likely French or Italian &nbsp;

A CONTINENTAL SILVER-GILT AND GEM-SET CHRISTENING CUP

INDISTINCTLY MARKED TO FOOT

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