A Queen Anne Silver Chocolate Pot, John Rand, London, 1708
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April 19, 06:19 PM GMT
Estimate
6,000 - 8,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
A Queen Anne Silver Chocolate Pot, John Rand, London, 1708
tapered cylindrical, with rounded base and molded foot, central molded band matched on the swan neck spout which has a hinged flap, high domed cover with hinged finial and scroll thumbpiece
marked on body and cover, base engraved with inventory number X÷2
25 oz gross
777.5 g
height 9 ¾ in.
24.7 cm
Collection of Laurance S. Rockefeller, sold Sotheby's, New York, 11 October 2005, lot 236.
John Rand was one of the signers as a "working goldsmith" to the petition complaining of the competition of "necessitous strangers" December 1711. Heal records him as plate worker, Black Dog, Lombard Street 1703-13 (revised Grimwade, p. 637).