LONDON, 1665, MAKER'S MARK A MULLET OVER AN ESCALLOP

Details

A pair of Charles II silver Flagons
London, 1665, maker's mark a mullet over an escallop
Plain tapering cylindrical and on spreading skirt foot, with scroll handle, hinged slightly domed cover and shaped thumpiece pierced with a heart, the bases each engraved with an inscription and later with the date 1665, marked on sides and covers
10½in. (26.8cm.) high
80ozs. (2,511grs.) (2)

Provenance

St. Andrew's Church, Kenn, Exeter, sold Sotheby's, 19 January 1948, lot 96, (£820 to J. D. Floyd)
W. B. Pemberton Esq., sold in these Rooms, 10 March 1965, (£2,500 to Kaye)

Lot Essay

For the same maker's mark see Jackson, Ian Pickford ed., p.125

The inscription reads 'Sacrum Deo et Ecclesia S^tⁱ Andreae de Kenn'. A pair of flagons at St. Mary Horsea, London, 1624, bear the same maker's mark

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