CIRCA 1650

Details

AN ENGLISH PEWTER BROAD-RIMMED PLATE
CIRCA 1650
Engraved with the arms of Sir Edward Lake within Stuart mantling, hallmarks to rim and touch to the reverse of the unrecorded maker 'TG'
10¾in. (27cm.) overall, 2½in. (6.5cm.) rim

Provenance

Bradshaw collection, sold Sotheby's Billingshurst, 18th March 1997, lot 400. Then purchased by Peter Hornsby for his own collection and later sold to David Little.

Literature

Journal of the Pewter Society, Autumn 1987, fig.6.

Exhibited

Usher Art Gallery, Lincoln 1962, No.200
Reading Museum, 1969, No.80

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Lot Essay

Sir Edward Lake achieved fame fighting for Charles I at Edgehill in 1642. With the Restoration of 1660 he was given a Baronetcy and subsequently became Chancellor of Lincoln Diocese, residing at the Priory, Minister Yard. He died in 1674 and was buried at Lincoln Cathedral.

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