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PROPERTY FROM A DISTINGUISHED NEW ENGLAND COLLECTION
A CHARLES II SILVER PORRINGER AND COVER
MARK OF THOMAS JENKINS, LONDON, 1682
Details
A CHARLES II SILVER PORRINGER AND COVER
MARK OF THOMAS JENKINS, LONDON, 1682
Circular, on short circular foot, two scroll handles, the flat domed cover surmounted by an openwork bud finial, the sides flat-chased with Chinoiserie figures in a procession, including a gentleman on a horse with falcon and a lady with fan and parasol seated on a donkey led by an attendant, the cover similarly engraved with Chinoiserie figures and dogs, prick engraved under base T or J R P, marked on body near rim and on cover, finial apparently unmarked
7 in. (17.7 cm.) high, 9 ¼ in. (23.5 cm.) wide over handles; 30 oz. 6 dwt. (943 gr.)
MARK OF THOMAS JENKINS, LONDON, 1682
Circular, on short circular foot, two scroll handles, the flat domed cover surmounted by an openwork bud finial, the sides flat-chased with Chinoiserie figures in a procession, including a gentleman on a horse with falcon and a lady with fan and parasol seated on a donkey led by an attendant, the cover similarly engraved with Chinoiserie figures and dogs, prick engraved under base T or J R P, marked on body near rim and on cover, finial apparently unmarked
7 in. (17.7 cm.) high, 9 ¼ in. (23.5 cm.) wide over handles; 30 oz. 6 dwt. (943 gr.)
Provenance
Colonel John George Adamson (1855-1932), of Linden Hall, Morpeth Northumberland by 1901.
Dr John Constable (1927-2016), Massachusetts, by 1965 and thence by descent.
Dr John Constable (1927-2016), Massachusetts, by 1965 and thence by descent.
Literature
Hernmarck, The Art of the European Silversmith 1430-1830, London, 1977, vol. II, p. 20, fig. 55.
Exhibited
London, Burlington Fine Arts Club, An Exhibition of a Collection of Silversmiths' Work of European Origin, 1901, no. I37 (loaned by Mr. Adamson).