A GEORGE III SILVER SOUP TUREEN AND COVER MARK OF...

Oval, the fluted domed foot with beaded border, the body chased with ribbon-tied husk swags and lion's mask drop-ring handles, the fluted cover with acanthus foliage and bud finial, the body engraved a coat-of-arms and crest each beneath an earl's coronet, the cover with crest and earl's coronet, marked on body, cover and finial
133⁄8 in. (34 cm.) long excluding handles
119 oz. 4 dwt. (3,708 gr.)
The arms are those of Alexander impaling Crawford, for James Alexander, 1st Earl of Caledon (1730-1802) of Caledon, co. Tyrone and his wife Anne Crawford (d.1777), daughter of James Crawford of Crawfordsburn, co. Down, whom he married in 1774.

Provenance
James Alexander, 1st Earl of Caledon (1730-1802) of Caledon, co. Tyrone.
Russell Barnett Aitkin (1910-2002) of New York, ceramic sculptor and enamelist, sportsman and philanthropist,
Champ Soleil: Furniture and Decorative Arts from the Russell B. Aitken Collections; Christie's, New York, 25 November 2003, lot 276.