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A COMMONWEALTH SILVER PORRINGER
London, 1653, maker's mark HB conjoined with mullet below
Circular and on spreading foot, with cast beaded and leaf-capped scroll handles, the sides chased with a band of circles and flutes, the base with a sylised rosette, engraved with the initials MN and later monogram, marked on rim - 6¾in. 17cm. wide
6ozs. (200grs.)
For the same maker's mark see Jackson, Ian Pickford ed., p.119
London, 1653, maker's mark HB conjoined with mullet below
Circular and on spreading foot, with cast beaded and leaf-capped scroll handles, the sides chased with a band of circles and flutes, the base with a sylised rosette, engraved with the initials MN and later monogram, marked on rim - 6¾in. 17cm. wide
6ozs. (200grs.)
For the same maker's mark see Jackson, Ian Pickford ed., p.119
Provenance
The late Joseph Dixon Esq., sold Christie's, 14 March 1911, lot 76 (#374 to Garrard)
The Late the Rt. Hon Viscount Rothermere, sold Christie's, 3 December 1941, lot 94 (#110 to Mallett and Son Ltd.)
Mallett and Son, invoice dated 13 August 1942 for #140
The Late the Rt. Hon Viscount Rothermere, sold Christie's, 3 December 1941, lot 94 (#110 to Mallett and Son Ltd.)
Mallett and Son, invoice dated 13 August 1942 for #140