231215: A fine Queen Anne silver-gilt cup and cover Start Price GBP 11,250.00 Current Price GBP 15,000.00 Time Left - Bid Count 6 Buy It Now Price - Reserve Price - Start Time Sunday, November 23, 2008 End Time Monday, November 24, 2008 Location London, England, United Kingdom See more about '231215: A fine Queen Anne silver-gilt cup and cover' Description Current Lot A fine Queen Anne silver-gilt cup and cover Pierre Platel, London 1712 of urn-form, on a circular foot with gadroon detailed border, the lower body applied with strapwork, the scroll handles with leaf grips and pendant husk decoration, the circular cover with gadrooned rim and similarly applied with strapwork surmounted by a knop finial, one side engraved with mirror cipher within baroque cartouche, the other with a later elaborate coat of arms and similar cartouche (2) 30.5cm high, 100oz/rHeraldry: The arms are those of Theophilus Fairfax Johnson, J.P., D.L., of Ayscoughfee Hall, Spalding, Lincs., and his wife nee Millicent Anne Moore. He served as High Sheriff of Lincolnshire 1847 and died 1853, The arms are quartered 1. Johnson, 2. Tyson, 3. De Vesci, 4. Fitzjohn, 5. Redhead, 6. Atkirke, 7. St Martin, 8. Downes, 9. Johnson of Pinchbeck, 10. Ogle, 11. Pinchbeck, 12. Bertram, 13. Ambler, 14. Sybsey, 15. Lessington, 16. Thorpe. The escutcheon of Moore is in pretence Provenance: Christie's New York, 16th April 1999, Important English Silver from a New England Collection, lot 220 S. J. Shrubsole Place a Bid!