Details
Shaped oval with lobed sides, with ribbon-tied reeded rims with grape bunches at intervals, the centers engraved with a crest within a motto surmounted by an Earl's coronet, marked on sides
121⁄4 in. (31.1 cm.) long
62 oz. 14 dwt. (1,950 gr.)
Provenance
Probably for William Lowther, 1st Earl of Lonsdale (1757-1844).
The collection of Francis E. Fowler III, sold,
Sotheby’s, New York, 21 October 1998, lot 47.
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The crest and motto are those of the Earls of Lonsdale, probably for William Lowther, 2nd Viscount Lowther (1757-1844), who was created 1st Earl of Lonsdale in 1807.

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