A large Victorian silver-gilt presentation cup and cover to Captain E.A.Inglefield RN
by Elkington & Co Ltd, London 1963
Campana-variant form, the cover with ropetwist border and band of scallop shells, the centre with lift-out finial modelled as a liver bird atop a rocky outcrop with clover border, the body with two impressive groups of clustered shells, one with the central shell as a cartouche engraved with presentation inscription, "Presented to Captain A. Inglefield on his leaving Liverpool by the Mercantile Marine Service Association in remembrance of the high esteem in which he is held by & the services he has rendered to that body, 2nd May 1864", with applied handles formed as mythical dolphins upon acanthus leaf prow bases, the lower body applied with two masks of Neptune supporting chain swags, the stem with capstan knop and terminating in a stepped circular base with husk border and applied with two fouled anchors, all raised on an octagonal ebonised plinth with gilt ropetwist border and inlaid with four gilt cartouches engraved with three coat of arms of: the City of Liverpool, the Mercantile Marine Service Association and for Admiral Sir Edward Augustus Inglefield KCB, FRS (1820-1894), height excluding base 51.5cm, weight total 108oz.
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