A WILLIAM III SILVER COVERED BOWL, HUGH ROBERTS, LONDON, 1699 |

shallow circular bowl chased with gadroons and engraved with contemporary arms between crossed fronds, beaded scroll handles, cast gadroon foot, shallow domed cover with gadroon band and a border of punched leaves and matting around two-tier raised finial

Asprey & Co., London, February 1986;
Vogel Collection no. 468.

a little disturbance under the handle, probably original; otherwise good, clear marks, nice color
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Compare with a covered bowl by Joseph Ward, 1700, described in an inscription as a "Sugar Dish," formerly in the Sir John Noble Collection, sold Sotheby's London, March 24, 1960, lot 33 ($2,669), illus. Vanessa Brett, Sotheby's Directory of Silver, no. 572, p. 152. Hugh Roberts (alias Humphreys) son or stepson of Robert Humphreys of the parish of Eggishway (?) in the County of Derby, yeoman, was apprenticed to Augustine Dudley 31 January 1672 until 14 February 1679. He entered his mark as largeworker probably 1697-1714 on commencement of the register. He worked in Newgate Street. Heal records him at this address and London 1697 (Grimwade).