Signature On the underside of each: maker’s mark WH in an oval; lion passant; leopard’s head crowned; date letter m [for 1767/68]
Marks On the underside of each: maker’s mark WH in an oval; lion passant; leopard’s head crowned; date letter m [for 1767/68]
Inscription On one side, engraved a crest with a demi-lion rampant to left and a ducal crown below a lion’s head with a banner reading SOL ET SCUTUM DEUS (The Lord is our sun and shield).
Provenance Dealer William Walter Antiques, London, England; purchased by Catherine H. Collins (1922-1998), Birmingham, Alabama, in 1975; by bequest to the Art Fund, Inc. at the Birmingham Museum of Art in 1998
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