A RARE JAMAICAN SILVER-GILT CUP AND COVER MARK OF CHARLES ALLAN, CIRCA 1745, ASSAY MASTER CHARLES WOOD, REDECORATED AND ADAPTED IN THE WORKSHOP OF EDWARD FARRELL, CIRCA 1820

The tapering body on a later spreading base cast with Rococo scrolls, flowers and foliage, with two later handles cast as Bacchic figures supporting a putto, the cover with a later owl and dragon finial, later chased overall and applied with foliage and figures, further applied with cast birds, marked on side and on cover bezel, the base further stamped with an indistinct mark and with the initials 'DD'
131⁄8 in. (33.3 cm.) high
105 oz. 4 dwt. (3,272 gr.)

Provenance
Anonymous sale; Sotheby's London, 20 March 1980, lot 145 (withdrawn).
Anonymous sale; Christie's, London, 30 November 2006, lot 727.