Lot Essay
Pairs of communion cups are extremely rare. A pair of 1626, maker's mark of Walter Shute, some 7¾ inches high, is recorded.
Details
A PAIR OF CHARLES I SILVER COMMUNION CUPS
LONDON, 1633, MAKER'S MARK RC, PHEON BELOW (JACKSON, NEW ED., P. 110, LINE 9)
Each of flaring cylindrical form on stepped circular base, rising to a circular knop, marked on rim--9¾in.(24.7cm.) high
(37oz.) (2)
LONDON, 1633, MAKER'S MARK RC, PHEON BELOW (JACKSON, NEW ED., P. 110, LINE 9)
Each of flaring cylindrical form on stepped circular base, rising to a circular knop, marked on rim--9¾in.(24.7cm.) high
(37oz.) (2)
Provenance
A Very Choice Assemblage Of Old English Silver ... the Property of a Gentleman, a well-known Collector, [William Randolph Hearst], Sotheby's, London, November 17, 1937, lot 63 ( 370)