Lot Essay
The arms are those of a Lady of the Ashburnham family.
Details
A CHARLES II SILVER CHINOISERIE SALVER
LONDON, 1679, MAKER'S MARK TK ROSETTE BELOW (JACKSON, 1989 ED., P.125, LINE 10)
Of circular form on a spreading circular rim foot and with reeded rim, the field flat-chased with Chinamen in various pursuits, palm trees and ho-ho birds within matted bands, enclosing a lozenge-of-arms and crest, within a foliate scroll cartouche, marked on field and foot, and with scratch weight 33=8--13 3/4in. (35cm.) diam.
(32 oz. 10 dwt.)
LONDON, 1679, MAKER'S MARK TK ROSETTE BELOW (JACKSON, 1989 ED., P.125, LINE 10)
Of circular form on a spreading circular rim foot and with reeded rim, the field flat-chased with Chinamen in various pursuits, palm trees and ho-ho birds within matted bands, enclosing a lozenge-of-arms and crest, within a foliate scroll cartouche, marked on field and foot, and with scratch weight 33=8--13 3/4in. (35cm.) diam.
(32 oz. 10 dwt.)
Provenance
Sotheby's, London, April 20, 1972, lot 102
Literature
Vanessa Brett, The Sotheby's Directory of Silver 1600-1940, London, 1986, p.136, plate 477.