LONDON, 1658, MARK WH, PROBABLY FOR WILLIAM HARRISON (JACKSON, REV. ED. P. 122, LINE 3)

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A FINE COMMONWEALTH SILVER PORRINGER
LONDON, 1658, MARK WH, PROBABLY FOR WILLIAM HARRISON (JACKSON, REV. ED. P. 122, LINE 3)
Baluster form, on rope-twist circular foot, the body boldly chased with daffodils and peonies, a bird preying on an insect and a bird with a cherry in its beak, with two beaded caryatid scroll handles, the neck engraved on one side with a coat-of-arms, marked on body
9½ in. (24.1 cm.) wide over handles; 22 oz. 10 dwt. (712 gr.)

Provenance

with S. J. Shrubsole, New York

Lot Essay

The arms are those of Burton, Derbyshire

The mark WH, star above, pellet in annulet below was attributed to William Harrison by Gerald Taylor. A tazza of the same date and maker as the porringer was exhibited in 1929 at Queen Charlotte's Loan Exhibition of Old Silver at Seaford House, no. 162. A salver with this mark is illustrated in Timothy B. Schroder, The Gilbert Collection of Gold and Silver, 1988, pp. 116-120.

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