Viscount Falkland - A George II sterling silver twin handled cup and cover, London 1749 by William Cripps (reg. 31^st Aug 1743)

Of baluster form upon a circular foot, the twin double C scroll handles with acanthus caps terminating in female masks. The body with embossed decoration in high relief of flower heads and C scroll, the centre with an asymmetrical rocaille C scroll cartouche engraved with a quartered coat of arms edged with rocaille. The handles with flat chased decoration of rocaille and C scrolls. The double domed pull off lid surmounted by a compressed circular knop finial with flat chased rocaille work. The lid with embossed decoration of C scrolls and flower heads, as well as spiral fluting. The foot with flat chased rocaille work and C scrolls. Fully marked underneath and fully marked to lid bezel, also with scratch weight underneath 64=8.

Height – 29.4 cm / 11.5 inches

Length – 30.3 cm / 12 inches

Weight – 1985 grams / 63.82 ozt

The arms are for Cary quartering Lucas quartering Beaufort

For Lucius Charles Beaufort, the 7th Viscount Falkland (c.1707 -1785).

Lucius Charles was the eldest son of Lucius Henry Beaufort, the 6th Viscount Falkland (1687-1730) and his wife, Dorothy Molyneux (d.1722). He succeeded as the 7th Viscount upon the death of his father on the 31^st December 1730. Charles Lucius firstly married Jane Villiers (c.1710 - 1751), the widow of James Fitzgerald Villiers, Lord Villiers (1708-1732) and daughter and co-heiress of Richard Butler, of London on the 16^th April 1734. He married secondly, Sarah Howard (d.1776), the widow of Henry Howard, the 10th Earl of Suffolk (1706-1745) and daughter of Thomas Inwen, of Southwark the 10^th October 1752.

Provenance:

Possibly - The late Rt. Hon. Viscount Falkland; Christie's, London, 25 January 1922