The Vision of Aso O. Tavitian | The Townhouse

The Vision of Aso O. Tavitian | The Townhouse

A William III Silver Bowl and Cover, John Leach, London, 1699

No reserve

Auction Closed

February 8, 09:14 PM GMT

Estimate

6,000 - 9,000 USD

Lot Details

Description

circular, with bands of gadrooning, engraved on one side with contemporary arms, the scroll handles with animal-head terminals, marked on body near rim and flange of cover


13 oz 15 dwt

428 g

length over handles 7 ¼ in.

18.3 cm

Christie's London, 1 December 2005, lot 506;

Where acquired by Aso O. Tavitian.

The arms are those of Banks impaling Dethick, for Sir John Banks (1627-1699) 1st and last Baronet, of the Friars, Aylesford, Kent and Arch Row, Lincolns Inn Fields, Mdx., and his wife Elizabeth (d.1696), daughter of Sir John Dethick of Tottenham, Middlesex, Lord Mayor of London (1656-7), whom he married in 1654.


John Banks was from a wealthy wool dealer's family and made his fortune suppling the navy during the Commonwealth. He was created Baronet at the Restoration for loaning money to the crown, which was upwards of 360,000 pounds between the Revolution and his death. He was M.P. for Maidstone three times during the Protectorate, and was returned as M.P. for Winchelsea in 1678. At his death in 1699, he was one of the richest businessmen in England with an estate valued at around £180,000. His son pre-deceased him, and his estate passed to his two surviving daughters.

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