Lot 274
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TWO QUEEN ANNE SILVER TWO-HANDLED CUPS, JOHN COWSEY AND MATHEW LOFTHOUSE, LONDON, 1706 AND 1717

Estimate
2,000 - 3,000 USD
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Description

  • silver
  • Lengths 4 3/4 and 8 in.
The second crested and initialed B/I*E on base, marked below rims.

Provenance

The one by Cowsey: Northeast Auctions, Manchester, New Hampshire, October 25, 2008, lot 258.
The one by Lofthouse: Jonathan Trace, New York, 2001.

Condition

the first with small splits to gadrooned band below rim, dents to lower body, repairs to handles; the second with repairs to handles and one spot on lower body, cartouche with engraving removed
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