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MARK OF ADAM KING, LONDON, 1677
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A CHARLES II SILVER SPOON
MARK OF ADAM KING, LONDON, 1677
With trefid terminal, the bowl with rat-tail heighted with stylised flames, the stem chased with a cherub mask handle within foliage, engraved with initials 'MV' over 'MB' and dated '1678', marked on stem
7 5/8 in. (19.2 cm.) long
1 oz. 19 dwt. (60 gr.)
MARK OF ADAM KING, LONDON, 1677
With trefid terminal, the bowl with rat-tail heighted with stylised flames, the stem chased with a cherub mask handle within foliage, engraved with initials 'MV' over 'MB' and dated '1678', marked on stem
7 5/8 in. (19.2 cm.) long
1 oz. 19 dwt. (60 gr.)
Provenance
Reverend Thomas Staniforth (1807-1887) of Storrs Hall, Windermere and then by descent to his great-nephew,
Edwin Wilfrid Stanyforth (1861-1939), of Kirk Hammerton Hall, co. York, born Greenwood, he took the name and arms of Stanyforth by Royal License in 1877.
with J. H. Bourdon-Smith, London, February 1998.
Edwin Wilfrid Stanyforth (1861-1939), of Kirk Hammerton Hall, co. York, born Greenwood, he took the name and arms of Stanyforth by Royal License in 1877.
with J. H. Bourdon-Smith, London, February 1998.
Literature
Almost certainly E. W. Stanyforth, A Collection of Early English Spoons of the 15th, 16th and 17th Century, Formed by the Rev. Thomas Staniforth, the Property of E. W. Stanyforth, 1898.
A Collection of Silversmiths' Work of European Origin, Burlington Fine Arts Club, London, 1901, p. 50, case E, no. 72, pl. XXI.
J. Starkie Gardner, ed., Old Silver Work Chiefly English from the XVth to the XVIIIth Centuries, London, 1902, no. D21, pl. LXXIII.
A Collection of Silversmiths' Work of European Origin, Burlington Fine Arts Club, London, 1901, p. 50, case E, no. 72, pl. XXI.
J. Starkie Gardner, ed., Old Silver Work Chiefly English from the XVth to the XVIIIth Centuries, London, 1902, no. D21, pl. LXXIII.
Exhibited
London, Burlington Fine Arts Club, Exhibition of a Collection of Silversmiths' work of European Origin, 1901, E72 lent by Mr. E. W. Stanyforth.
London, St. James's Court, Old Silver Work Chiefly English from the XVth to the XVIIIth Centuries, 1902, G49, lent by Mr. E. W. Stanyforth.
London, St. James's Court, Old Silver Work Chiefly English from the XVth to the XVIIIth Centuries, 1902, G49, lent by Mr. E. W. Stanyforth.
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