Lot 18
18
AN ELIZABETH I SILVER-MOUNTED MOTHER-OF-PEARL BOWL
AN ELIZABETH I SILVER-MOUNTED MOTHER-OF-PEARL BOWL

THE MOTHER-OF-PEARL PROBABLY INDIAN (GUJARAT), MAKER'S MARK A MAIDEN HEAD, CIRCA 1600

Details
AN ELIZABETH I SILVER-MOUNTED MOTHER-OF-PEARL BOWL
THE MOTHER-OF-PEARL PROBABLY INDIAN (GUJARAT), MAKER'S MARK A MAIDEN HEAD, CIRCA 1600
Of circular form on circular spreading foot chased with a band of ovolos and strapwork, the sides formed of vertical panels of mother-of-pearl, the everted rim applied with a band engraved with a border of arabesques above a scalloped band of die-rolled rosettes, colors and strapwork, struck with maker's mark only on rim
3 ¾ in. (9.5 cm.) high, 4 ½ in. (11.5 cm.) diameter
Provenance
A Lady; Christie's, London, 22 November 1978, lot 178.
Acquired from S.J. Phillips Ltd., London, June 1979.
Literature
T. Schroder, Renaissance and Baroque Silver, Mounted Porcelain and Ruby Glass from the Zilkha Collection, London, 2012, cat. no. 24, pp. 132-133.

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Lot Essay

This rosette stamped mounts of this bowl are related to those on a small bowl shaped casket of circa 1600 in the collection of the Victoria and Albert Museum (M.245-1924), which had a double hinged cover to form a spice box. A similar bowl with plainer mounts is in Gilbert Collection (Gilbert. 993-2008) on loan at the Victoria and Albert Museum. The mounts also relate to those found on the pair of mother-of-pearl dishes in the Zilkha collection (Schroder, 2012, no. 25). Schroder notes that one of the few marked examples of this type of workmanship is a silver mounted mother-of-pearl standing salt in the Kremlin dating from 1611.

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