VICTORIAN AGRICULTURE. AN IRISH GEORGE III SILVER CUP AND COVER later chased and engraved with armor

VICTORIAN AGRICULTURE. AN IRISH GEORGE III SILVER CUP AND COVER later chased and engraved with armorials, 36cm h, maker TJ, probably Thomas Jones, Dublin 1792, 44ozsThe arms are those of the Duke of Portland, for the reclusive and eccentric William Cavendish-Scott-Bentinck, the 5th Duke of Portland of Welbeck Abbey, Nottinghamshire.The inscription reads: Silver cup value 25 guineas awarded by Messrs Proctor & Ryland Birmingham to His Grace the Duke of Portland Clipstone Park Farm for the best five acres of swede turnips in .....Lincoln, Nottingham, Derby. Stafford, Salop, Hereford, Radnor, Montgomery 1866 and around the foot Present to John Woods Farm Bailiff.