The Hoghton Tower Cup : Of baulster form on a circulat foot, the twin double C scroll handles with an acanthus moulding and fruiting vine leading to a leaf calyx base junction, one handled with the terminl formed as a cast maiden, the other formed as the head of a Bacchanalian satyr. The body with contemporaneous decoration of embossed fruiting vine and lion mask, the reverse with a scene of teo Putti on a terrace eatting grapes. The obverse with an engraved coat of arms with another on an escutcheon of pretence, reserved in an embossed C scroll and rocaille carteouch upon a terrace. Spiral fluting to the underside of the body , the foot with a flat chased decorative band above embossed fruiting band. The removable double domed lid surmounted by a cast finial in the form of a basket of plenty, with fruit and vine leafs, the rest similaly embossed with fruiting vine. Fully marked underneath and to lid flange. Height – 35.5 cm / 14 inches Weight – 2519 grams / 69.41 ozt The arms are for Hoghton with Ashurst on an escutcheon of pretence For Sir Henry Hoghton 6 th Bt (1728 – 1795) and his first wife, Elizabeth Ashurst (d. 1762), who were married 25th June 1760. Henry was the only son of Philip Hoghton and his wife, Elizabeth Sclater (d.1731), the daughter of Thomas Sclater, of Denham in the County of Lancashire. Philip Hoghton was the second son of Sir Charles Hoghton (1643-1710), the 4th Baronet of Hoghton, Co. Lancashire and his wife, The Honourable Mary Skeffington (d.1732), the daughter of John Skeffington, the 2nd Viscount Massereene (d.1695). Henry succeeded his uncle, Sir Henry Hoghton, the 5th Baronet of Hoghton (1679-1768) as the 6th baronet on the 23rd February 1768. Elizabeth was the only daughter and heiress of William Ashurst, of Hedingham Castle in the County of Essex. The Silversmiths who made the Hoghton Tower Cup and Cover were Thomas Whipham, son of William Whipham of Layton was apprenticed to Thomas Farren on the 3rd June 1728, free 7th June 1737. Charles Wright son of Thomas Wright of Sheffield was apprenticed to Whipham on the 3rd June 1747 and free 3rd July 1754 and they became partners on the 24th Oct 1757. Wright would have registered a mark alone in the missing 1758-1773 Largeworker’s Register, given that his mark is found upon the flagon and communion cup and cover of the Eton Chapel of Ease for 1768 and that Wright & Whipham articles are found marked until 1767, we can presume the partnership to have disbanded by 1768. Thomas Whipham was a Warden of Goldsmiths Hall 1765-7, Prime Warden in 1771 and dies in 1785. Charles Wright was a Warden of Goldsmiths Hall 1783-5, resigned in 1790 and dies in 1815.