Signature On the underside: 1) maker’s mark HB; 2) lion passant; 3) leopard’s head crowned; 4) date letter h for 1783/84
Marks On the underside: 1) maker’s mark HB; 2) lion passant; 3) leopard’s head crowned; 4) date letter h for 1783/84
Inscription Engraved on one side of the square base: MDCCLXXXIII [and on the other] Wm Hole to Jas Luke Esqr in token of regard & esteem for his candour & integrity
Provenance Dealer I Freeman & Son, Ltd, London, England; purchased (via Clarence B. Hanson, Jr.) by the Birmingham Museum of Art in 1966