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LONDON, 1681, MARK IC MULLET BENEATH
Details
A Charles II silver tankard
London, 1681, mark IC mullet beneath
Tapering cylindrical and on moulded rim foot, the lower part on the body chased with a band of acanthus foliage, the scroll handle applied with rib, the slightly domed cover and lion sejant thumbpiece, the cover chased with an acanthus band, the body later engraved with a coat-of-arms, the handle terminal with the initials JG, marked on body, cover and handle
7¾in. (19.6cm.) high
34oz. (1,077gr.)
London, 1681, mark IC mullet beneath
Tapering cylindrical and on moulded rim foot, the lower part on the body chased with a band of acanthus foliage, the scroll handle applied with rib, the slightly domed cover and lion sejant thumbpiece, the cover chased with an acanthus band, the body later engraved with a coat-of-arms, the handle terminal with the initials JG, marked on body, cover and handle
7¾in. (19.6cm.) high
34oz. (1,077gr.)
Provenance
The Dunn Gardiner Collection; Christie's London, 29 April 1902, lot 265 Anon. Sale [Crichton Bros.]; Christie's London, 28 June 1911, lot 123 Anon. Sale [F. Loughborough Pearson]; Christie's London, 20 March 1929, lot 57
The Lord Mayor's Appeal for the Duke of Gloucester's Red Cross and St. John Fund, presented by Mr. and Mrs. F.L. Pearson; Christie's London, 16 July 1940, lot 1224 (£125 Burfitt)
The Lord Mayor's Appeal for the Duke of Gloucester's Red Cross and St. John Fund, presented by Mr. and Mrs. F.L. Pearson; Christie's London, 16 July 1940, lot 1224 (£125 Burfitt)
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