Lot 2014
  • 2014

A Charles II silver two-handled cup and cover, John Sutton, London, 1682/3

Estimate
7,000 - 10,000 USD
bidding is closed

Description

  • fully marked at rim and with maker's mark and traces of lion passant and date letter on cover
  • silver
  • height 6 3/4 in.
  • 17.2 cm
embossed and chased with palm and acanthus below band of running foliage and flowers, beaded double-scroll handles ending in serpents' heads, matching cover with bud finial, gilt interior

Literature

George Parker, “Lighting and Dining in the Eighteenth Century: Silver Pewter, Brass and Bronze,” Wisconsin Academy Review, 43: 3 (Summer 1997), 14.

Condition

finial pushed down into cover slightly, cover with several small surface splits/imperfections (not through), body with one minor rim split (not through), a little excess solder where handles meet body, otherwise good
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