Lot 286

Overall in good condition having acceptable wear, small dents and scratches consistent with age and use, good crisp marks.


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Sotheby's New York, Important Silver and Gold, 19 October 1994, lot 338
Property from a Private Woollahra Residence

A similar cup and cover by the same maker (dated 1705) is illustrated in Hayward, J F, 'Huguenot Silver in England 1688-1727', Faber & Faber, 1959, pl 7.
Another similar cup and cover by the same maker (dated 1709) is illustrated in Schroder, T, 'English Domestic Silver 1500-1900', Penguin Books, 1988, p. 149

A similar cup is in the collection of the Victoria & Albert Museum, London.

The arms are those of de Grey, Barons Walsingham. Thomas de Grey of Merton, "Long Tom", M. P. Norfolk, died in 1781 and was the older brother of Sir William de Grey, created in 1780 Baron Walsingham.