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A rare Australian silver covered presentation cup by Charles…
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Melbourne
Date:
5-Apr-2011
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A rare Australian silver covered presentation cup by Charles Jones (1819-1864), Hobart, Tasmania, circa 1850, modelled in the form of an urn, the shallow domed lid with applied cast kangaroo finial with leaf surround and bearing the inscription, 'Presented to /James Grant Esq/ Tullochgorum/ By the Inhabitants of the Fingal District/ For His Energy in Accomplishing the Road From Avoca to Falmouth V. D. Land /1849', the trumpet shaped bowl has an applied coat of arms, a shield with three crowns, supported by two Tasmanian aboriginal figures standing on a bough engraved 'Stand Fast', the bowl rests in an acanthus leaf cup with punched and engraved decoration, the stem comprises four inverted scrolled acanthus leaves to a shallow domed circular base with punched and engraved foliate border, struck with an anchor, lion passant, sovereign's head (Queen Victoria) and Cj in rectangle struck twice 972gms, 28.
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Silver: Mugs, Cups & Goblets