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A GEORGE V SILVER LARGE CUP AND COVER, SEBASTIAN GARRARD, LONDON, DESIGNED BY CHARLES SYKES, 1927

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October 20, 02:01 PM GMT

Estimate

5,000 - 7,000 USD

Lot Details

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A GEORGE V SILVER LARGE CUP AND COVER, SEBASTIAN GARRARD, LONDON, DESIGNED BY CHARLES SYKES, 1927


of heavy weight, unengraved, the stem and lower body with fruit clusters between lobes, repeated on the cover below bud finial, engraved underneath "Chas. Sykes, Design" and "Garrard London, Fecit."

marked on body and cover

79 oz

2457 g

height 12¼ in.

31 cm

Charles Sykes is best known as the designer of the "Spirit of Ecstasy", used as the hood ornament by Rolls Royce.