A George III sterling silver lidded cup, 1806 London, with maker's mark for John Emes, the neoclassical pedestal cup with a reeded rim, sweeping bracket handles and a waisted dome lid surmounted by an acorn finial, crisply repousse worked and chased throughout with scrolls, flowers and various leaf forms and a rocaille cartouche, bright cut and prick worked borders to the lid and raised on a spreading base; hallmarked to the base and lid, silver weight 1125gr height 29 cm.