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George IV Antique Silver Wager Cup

£4,650

Stock: 10452

Date: 1829

Maker: William Eley

Country: England

It’s extremely rare to find an English silver marriage cup at this early date. Modelled as a lady in a...

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Description

Condition

All in very good condition with sharp decorative detail. The retaining pin on the small cup is quite tight.

Maker Information

Maker: William Eley

William Eley I, apprenticed to William Fearn 1770, free 1778. Mark entered as spoonmaker , in partnership with George Pierrepoint 1777. Second and third marks alone as smallworker 1778. in 1784 William took out a patent for "Eley's New Constructed Buckles" in Clerkenwell Green and his 4th mark was entered in 1785 as bucklemaker; 5th and 6th marks similarly in 1790 and 1795. In 1797 his 7th mark was entered in parnership with William Fearn as plateworker, same address., and similarly his 8th mark in 1802. Livery 1806. 9th mark entered as a new partnership with William Fearn and William Chawner 108. 10th marks reverting to a partnership with William Fearn only 1814. Died March 1824. William Eley II, son of William Eley I, apprenticed to his father 1808, free 1815. 1st mark in partnership with William Fearn 1824. 2nd mark 1824 in partnership with his brothers Charles and Henry as plateworkers. 3rd mark alone 1825 as plateworker. 4th/5th/6th marks 1825/6. Died June 1846. The business may have been taken over in 1829 by John and Thomas Cutmore at the same address.

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