A George III presentation silver two-handled cup and cover,

A George III presentation silver two-handled cup and cover,
by Thomas Whipham and Charles Wright, London 1763,
baluster form, leaf-capped scroll handles, engraved with an armorial within foliate mantling, part-fluted decoration, on a raised circular foot, the pull-off cover with a scroll fluted finial, engraved 'Presented to Joseph Sikes, Esq. by Robert Taylor M.D. Physician ordinary to his Majesty King George II', height 36.5cm, approx. weight 63.5oz.

Provenance: A Private Collection.
Purchased from Dreweatt and Neate, Newbury, 21 July 1993, lot 221.
The armorial is that of Sikes impaling Heron.