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MARK OF RALPH LEAKE, LONDON, 1673
Details
A pair of Charles II silver caskets
Mark of Ralph Leake, London, 1673
Each oblong, on four melon-fluted feet, the hinged cover deeply repoussé and chased with flowers and scrolling foliage on a matted ground, the sides with similar flowers and berried foliage between rope-twist borders and with winged cherub mask hasp, each fully marked on interior
8½in. (21.7cm.) long
73oz. (2,266gr.) (2)
Mark of Ralph Leake, London, 1673
Each oblong, on four melon-fluted feet, the hinged cover deeply repoussé and chased with flowers and scrolling foliage on a matted ground, the sides with similar flowers and berried foliage between rope-twist borders and with winged cherub mask hasp, each fully marked on interior
8½in. (21.7cm.) long
73oz. (2,266gr.) (2)
Provenance
Anonymous sale; Christie's London, 23 June 1976, lot 78
The British Rail Pension Fund; Sotheby's, 19 November 1987, lot 42
The British Rail Pension Fund; Sotheby's, 19 November 1987, lot 42
Literature
Michael Clayton, Christie's Pictorial History of English and American Silver, Oxford, 1985, p. 69, no. 11
Sotheby's Art at Auction, London, 1988, p. 350
The Glory of the Goldsmith, Magnificent Gold and Silver from the Al-Tajir Collection, London, 1989, no. 35, p. 55
Sotheby's Art at Auction, London, 1988, p. 350
The Glory of the Goldsmith, Magnificent Gold and Silver from the Al-Tajir Collection, London, 1989, no. 35, p. 55
Exhibited
Doncaster Doncaster Museum and Art Gallery, 1977-1987
London, Christie's, The Glory of the Goldsmith, Magnificent Gold and Silver from the Al-Tajor Collection, 1989, no. 35
London, Christie's, The Glory of the Goldsmith, Magnificent Gold and Silver from the Al-Tajor Collection, 1989, no. 35
Special notice
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