About This Artwork

Richard Gurney and Thomas Cook, active 1757
England, London

Covered Cup, 1757/58

Gold, spiral fluted decoration on cup
Height: 20.3 cm (8 in.)
Weight: 18 oz. 16 dwts.
Mark on both pieces: lion passant, leopard's head crowned, date letter, Gothic B and maker's mark, T over RG over C .
Inscribed: "The Gift of the City of Bristol to Captain Lockhart of Ye Tartar 1758;"
Buckingham Fund, 1957.455

Exhibition, Publication and Ownership Histories

Publication History

1966. Antiques, Jan. 66, Vol. LXXXIX, no. 1, ill.
1959. Antiques, Jan. 1959, p. 113.
1958. Connoissiur, Sept. 1958, p. 65.
1957. Catalogue: The Thomas Lumley Collection of Old English Silver held by Messrs. James Robinson Inc., New York, Oct. 14-26, 1957, #48.
1951. Grimwade, A.G., "A New List of Old English Gold Plate", Part I - 17th Century, Connossieur, May 1951, pp. 76-82, ill. 13.