COLONEL CHARLES PEPPER OF BALLYGARTH CASTLE CO. MEATH A MON...

Hammer

€7,000

COLONEL CHARLES PEPPER OF BALLYGARTH CASTLE CO. MEATH A MONUMENTAL SILVER TWIN HANDLE PRESENTATION CUP AND COVER, London 1900, maker's mark of James Wakely & Frank Clarke Wheeler, the domed lid with rams head and acanthus leaf cast finial, above floral and scrollwork decoration and a reeded rim, the body with central girdle bearing the Family Crest of the Pepper Family and motto 'Semper Erectus' and inscribed: 'PRESENTED TO COLONEL CHARLES PEPPER OF BALLYGARTH ON HIS RETIREMENT FROM THE COMMAND OF THE ROYAL METH REGT. / BY THE OFFICERS WHO SERVED UNDER HIM DURING HIS FIVE YEARS COMMAND 28 OCT. 1896 TO 1.NOV.1901.' and further inscribed with the names of the Officers, the lower section of the body decorated with alternating human masks and ribbon tied hanging flowers, raised on circular spreading foot, with cast c-scroll twin handles (c.181 troy ozs). 49cm high, 44cm wide over handles