English or possibly German, second half 16th century

Rose turned circular box

Restricted Species

Auction Closed

December 7, 11:28 AM GMT

Estimate

3,000 - 5,000 GBP

Lot Details

Description

Property from a private British Collection - Lots 1 – 15

English or possibly German, second half 16th century

Rose turned circular box

turned ivory

with an old paper label inscribed: "TUDOR EXHIBITION, LONDON. 1889-90. Reg. No. 49. Cat. No. ..."

3.5 by 5.2cm., 1 3/8 by 2in.

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By tradition Archbishop Matthew Parker (1504-1575);

by whom gifted to Queen Elizabeth I of England (1533-1603) [as described by Albert Way, ‘Notice of a Jeweled Ornament presented to Queen Elizabeth by Matthew Parker, Archbishop of Canterbury’, Archaeological Journal, 19, 1862, pp. 145-158]; possibly acquired John Sharp, Archbishop of York (1645-1714); thence by family descent

certainly by family descent to Thomas Barwick Lloyd Baker

(1807-1886);

thence by family descent to the present owners

London, Tudor Exhibition, 1898-1899;

London, Victoria and Albert Museum, on long term loan (ref: LOAN:MET ANON.107-1968)

A. Way, ‘Notice of a Jeweled Ornament presented to Queen Elizabeth by Matthew Parker, Archbishop of Canterbury’, Archaeological Journal, 19, 1862, pp. 145-158;

J. Ferguson and R. Davies, ‘A Survey of Tudor and Early Jacobean Rose Turning’, The Society of Ornamental Turners, Bulletin no. 83, p. 141