A George I silver 'College' or 'Ox-eye' cup

A George I silver 'College' or 'Ox-eye' cup,

by George Gillingham, London 1720,

baluster form, with tubular ring handles, the front with a monogram 'SJW', the reverse 'Felices ter & amplius Quos irrupta tenet copula, nec. malis Divulsus querimomis Suprema citius solvit amor die',

height 10.3cm, approx. weight 9.5oz.

Provenance:

A Private Collection.

Alastair Dickenson Ltd.

A Private Collection.

Anthony Marks Antiques.

Sotheby's New York, Important Silver, 18 October 2001, lot 301.

Sotheby's New York, Important Silver, 22 April 1998, lot 311.

The inscription translates as 'Three times happy are they and more, who are held by unbreakable bonds and whose love, undivided by evil quarrels will be dissolved on the final day'.