The Family Collection of the late Countess Mountbatten of Burma

The Family Collection of the late Countess Mountbatten of Burma

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A Charles II silver-gilt two-handled porringer and cover, maker's mark attributed to Richard Marchant, London, 1684

Auction Closed

March 24, 08:41 PM GMT

Estimate

2,500 - 3,500 GBP

Lot Details

Description

A Charles II silver-gilt two-handled porringer and cover

maker's mark attributed to Richard Marchant, London

1684


circular baluster with scroll handles terminating in monster masks, engraved circa 1700 with a coat of arms, repeated at the detachable cover, acorn finial, underside faintly scratched 4240 No. 67, Charles II 1684  and with scratchweight 27:10, the cover No 67

16cm. high 

808gr, 26oz

F.H. Woodroofe in 1901;
Sir Ernest Cassel (1852-1921)
The Burlington Fine Arts Club, 1901, No. I.60 by F.H. Woodroofe;
Queen Charlotte's Loan Exhibition, Old Silver, Seaford House, London, 1929, No. 351, plate 29
The coat of arms is that of Samson of Nottinghamshire, impaling More or Juxon

F.H. Woodroofe refers to Frank Harry Woodroofe, sometime of the Madras Civil Service, whose well-known collection of portrait miniatures, including work by Andrew Plimer, John Smart and George Engleheart, as well as objects of vertu, porcelain and furniture was sold after his death at Christie's, London on 6 June 1907. The highlight of the sale was Plimer's most famous work: the triple portrait of Anne, Harriet and Elizabeth, daughters of John Rushout, 1st Baron Northwick.