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A QUEEN ANNE SMALL SILVER TWO-HANDLED DRAM CUP, WILLIAM FLEMING, LONDON, 1708 |
Estimate
1,000 - 1,500 USD
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Description
- marked on base
- Length over handles 3 1/8 in.
- 7.8 cm.
baluster body chased with sloping gadroons and with matted girdle topped by stamped leaves, engraved with contemporary initials H over WA (top initial changed from an M), the opposite side with an initial A, wire scroll handles
Provenance
Robert Lloyd, New York, February 2002;
Vogel Collection no. 708.
Vogel Collection no. 708.
Condition
repaired at top and base of one handle, otherwise good
In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective qualified opinion.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING CONDITION OF A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD "AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF SALE PRINTED IN THE CATALOGUE.
In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective qualified opinion.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING CONDITION OF A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD "AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF SALE PRINTED IN THE CATALOGUE.
Catalogue Note
For a similar two-handled small cup by Fleming 1700, see Victor Hovart, Miniature Silver Toys, p. 159, illus. 187. William Fleming, son of John Fleming, citizen and haberdasher of London apprenticed to Nathaniel Lock 22 February 1688, free 20 March 1695, mark entered undated, presumably April 1697 on commencement of register, address Maiden Lane, Cripplegate October 1705. Signatory as "working" goldsmith of the petition complaining of the competition of "necessitous strangers" December 1711, and to that against assaying works of foreigners not having served seven years apprenticeship February 1716, Church Warden of St. Zachary 1710 and 1717 (Grimwade).