Description
The loving cup is a very dark brown ground with a wonderfully executed side on portrait of King George 111 in best gilt. Above the bust, featured on both sides of the cup are the legends “Long Live The King” and “Long may He Live to Reign”. The loving cup is in excellent condition with no restoration.
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(Re. Biography.com)
A member of the Hanover dynasty, which ruled England for almost two centuries, George III, was the King of Great Britain during some of the nation’s most tumultuous years, including those of the American Revolutionary War. In 1788, illness brought on a mental breakdown, but he briefly recovered, regaining popularity and admiration for his virtue and steady leadership through the French Revolution and Napoleonic Wars. Ultimately, recurring bouts of insanity led Parliament to enact regency to his son, and George III lived his final years with sporadic periods of lucidity until he died in 1820.