A George III silver cup and cover

A George III silver cup and cover
Digby Scott & Benjamin Smith II, London 1806
The cover with pod finial on a leaf calyx, the body with tongue and dart overlapping rim above a band of fruiting vine, the ornate cast handles capped with the bust of Mercury, the lower junctions with ram masks, applied laurel reserves, one with an armorial engraving for John Calvert and the other with a presentation inscription 'The Eastern Troop of Herts Yeomanry Cavalry, to their Captain John Calvert Esqr. as a mark of their Esteem & Regard. October 3rd 1806', the rim of the loaded foot also stamped 'Rundell Bridge et Rundell Aurifices Regis et Principis Walliæ Londini Fecerunt', the lower part of the body with sprays of acorns between stiff leaves, height 36cm, weight total 106oz.