A GILT METAL PRESENTATION VASE AND COVER decorated all ...

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A GILT METAL PRESENTATION VASE AND COVER
decorated all over with meandering flowers and foliage, with flower finial and lion ring mask handles, inscribed, GIVEN BY THE HONble MOUNT STUART ELPHINSTONE TO GEORGE ELPHINSTONE ADMIRAL VISCOUNT KEITH, 1353 grams and with ebonised base, 30cm high
Possibly Anglo Indian
Mountstuart Elphinstone FRSE was a Scottish statesman and historian (1779 - 1859)associated with the government of British India and became Governor of Bombay.
George Keith Elphinstone 1st Viscount Keith GCB, FRS (1746 - 1823) was a British naval officer throughout the Napoleonic Wars

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THE COVER CUT WITH A NOTCH TO THE INNER RIM AND RIM EDGE UNEVEN, the foot unscrews from the body and the join is slightly skewed to one side

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Auction Date: 9th Sep 2022 at 10am

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