A ROYAL SILVER-GILT-MOUNTED RUBY GLASS CUP AND COVER GERMAN OR ENGLISH, CIRCA 1837

Of vase form on shaped circular pedestal foot overlaid with silver-gilt cagework with English roses, Scottish thistles and Irish shamrocks, the body overlaid with grapevine surrounding monogram EAR beneath a German Royal crown, the silver-gilt domed cover applied with grapevine and surmounted by Hanovarian horse finial, apparently unmarked
143⁄4 in. (37.5 cm.) high

Provenance
Presumably gifted to Ernest Augustus (1771 - 1851), Duke of Cumberland and King of Hanover.
Anonymous sale; Christie's, Geneva, 16 November 1993, lot 136.
Anonymous sale; Christie's, New York, 19 May 2010, lot 68.