A GEORGE I SILVER-GILT CUP AND COVER, MARK OF PIERRE PLATEL, LONDON, 1716

A GEORGE I SILVER-GILT CUP AND COVER
MARK OF PIERRE PLATEL, LONDON, 1716
Inverted bell-shape and on spreading foot, the lower body and cover applied with strapwork on a matted ground, the rim and cover later chased with foliage, the cover with a baluster finial, with leaf-capped scroll handles, later engraved with a coat-of-arms, marked underneath and on cover bezel
12 in. (30.4 cm.) high
80 oz. 5 dwt. (2,496 gr.)
The arms are those of Poynder with Edmeades in pretence for Thomas Poynder (1814-1873) and his wife Mary Anne, daughter of Robert Edmeades.