Lot Essay
For a note of the 1st Viscount Rothermere please see lot 240.
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LONDON, 1685, MAKER'S MARK FA WITH FLEURS-DE-LYS BENEATH
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A SET OF THREE CHARLES II SILVER CASTERS
LONDON, 1685, MAKER'S MARK FA WITH FLEURS-DE-LYS BENEATH
Each cylindrical, on pierced domed circular base with bayonet-mounted cover pierced with fleurs-de-lys and rosettes, and the top with an applied cut-card calyx and baluster finial, the bodies engraved with a coat-of-arms within plume mantling, marked on bodies and covers
The larger 6 5⁄8 in. (17.8 cm.) high
The smaller pair 5 3⁄8 in. (13.6 cm.) high
18 oz. 17 dwt. (587 gr.)
The arms are those of Cary, Devon, impaling another, possibly Burnell or Tayler.
LONDON, 1685, MAKER'S MARK FA WITH FLEURS-DE-LYS BENEATH
Each cylindrical, on pierced domed circular base with bayonet-mounted cover pierced with fleurs-de-lys and rosettes, and the top with an applied cut-card calyx and baluster finial, the bodies engraved with a coat-of-arms within plume mantling, marked on bodies and covers
The larger 6 5⁄8 in. (17.8 cm.) high
The smaller pair 5 3⁄8 in. (13.6 cm.) high
18 oz. 17 dwt. (587 gr.)
The arms are those of Cary, Devon, impaling another, possibly Burnell or Tayler.
Provenance
Harold Sidney Harmsworth, 1st Viscount Rothermere (1868-1940), then to his son,
Edmond Cecil Harmsworth, 2nd Viscount Rothermere (1898-1978),
The Important Collection of Old English Plate formed by the late Rt. Hon Viscount Rothermere,; Christie's, London, 3 December 1941, lot 32 (£380).
with S. J. Phillips Ltd., London.
Acquired from the above by the Blaquier-Arrieta Family.
Edmond Cecil Harmsworth, 2nd Viscount Rothermere (1898-1978),
The Important Collection of Old English Plate formed by the late Rt. Hon Viscount Rothermere,; Christie's, London, 3 December 1941, lot 32 (£380).
with S. J. Phillips Ltd., London.
Acquired from the above by the Blaquier-Arrieta Family.
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