Selected Silver and Objects of Vertu

A Scottish George III silver twin-handled trophy cup,
by P. Cunningham & Son, Edinburgh 1807,



embossed and chased throughout with scrolling foliage and C-scrolls, the front with central cartouche, crested, between two Scottish figures, one playing the bagpipes, the other in Highland dress, on spreading foot with outer repeating scale border, inscribed to the underside of the foot ‘E & J. Fogo 1808’, height 23cm. £500-£800

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, A Private Collection of Trophies.

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Sotheby’s, Sale 2 December 1998.

The crest and motto ‘Aut Pax Aut Bellum’ (Either peace or War) is of the Gunn Clan.