On four large cast scroll, shell and foliate supports, the lobed circular body engraved on either side with the royal arms below a gadroon rim, with foliate reed and lion mask handles, the domed cover with gadrooned border centering a finial fully modeled as a crest of a lion rampant holding an arrow, engraved on either side with the royal badge, marked throughout
13³⁄₄ in. (34.9 cm.) long, over handles
112 oz. 4 dwt. (3,489.4 gr.)

For George Canning (1770-1827), thence by descent to his wife,
Joan (d.1837), created Viscountess Canning in 1828, youngest daughter and co-heir of Major General John Scott of Balcomie, to their son,
Charles, 2nd Viscount Canning (1812-1862), to his nephew,
Hubert, 2nd Marquess of Clanricarde (1832-1916), to his great-nephew,
Henry, 6th Earl of Harewood (1882-1947), sold,
By the orders of Her Royal Highness the Princess Royal and the Rt. Hon. The Earl of Harewood, removed from Harewood House, Leeds; Christie's, London, 13-15 March 1957, lot 46.
Anonymous sale; Sotheby’s, New York, 16 April 1996, lot 257.

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The crest on the present lot is that of Canning for George Canning (1770-1827), celebrated orator, diplomat, statesman, and Prime Minister, almost certainly for use during his embassy to Portugal.