On a quatrefoil base chased and engraved with flowers, bosses, and strapwork, the conforming knopped stem centered by two winged female angels holding aloft a crown to one side above a drapery engraved with a coat-of-arms, and with a garland of flowers over their arms on the other side, the removable circular bowl with gadrooned rim, chased and engraved to the underside with flowers, bosses, and strap work, surmounted by a further winged female angel reaching out over the bowl with a laurel garland in her hands, marked on underside of bowl and top of base, the base rim further stamped R.&.S. GARRARD PANTON ST LONDON
15³⁄₄ in. (40 cm.) high
85 oz. (2,644 gr.)

Most likely for Princess Beatrice Mary Victoria Feodore (1857 - 1944).
Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, London, 18 December 2007, lot 148.

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The coat-of-arms on the present lot are those of Great Britain with Saxe-Coburg-Gotha in pretence in a lozenge-shaped cartouche for one of the daughters of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert. Though there is no definitive indication which of their five daughters this cup was presented to, it was most likely their youngest, Princess Beatrice, born 14 April 1857. The christening for Princess Beatrice took place on 16 June 1857 and was attended by her godparents, the Duchess of Kent, her grandmother, Victoria, the Princess Royal, her eldest sister, and Victoria's fiancé Prince Friedrich William of Prussia. it is most likely that one of these godparents gifted this cup to the princess on the occasion.