MAKER'S MARK ONLY OF ARTHUR MAINWARING, LONDON, CIRCA 1680
Details
A Charles II silver-gilt casket
maker's mark only of Arthur Mainwaring, London, circa 1680
Oblong and on four shell, grotesque mask and foliate scroll feet, the sides chased with putti and scrolling foliage, the hinged cover chased with the scene of Venus and Mars with Cupid above, his bow drawn, and a shepherd with his flock, all in a rocky wooded landscape, a couple in an amourous embrace glimpsed in ruins beyond, aker's mark in base only
9in. (24cm.) long
46ozs. (1,440gr.)
maker's mark only of Arthur Mainwaring, London, circa 1680
Oblong and on four shell, grotesque mask and foliate scroll feet, the sides chased with putti and scrolling foliage, the hinged cover chased with the scene of Venus and Mars with Cupid above, his bow drawn, and a shepherd with his flock, all in a rocky wooded landscape, a couple in an amourous embrace glimpsed in ruins beyond, aker's mark in base only
9in. (24cm.) long
46ozs. (1,440gr.)
Provenance
Anon. sale; Christie's Geneva, 14 November 1978, lot 193 (part)
Literature
M. Clayton, op. cit., Oxford, 1985, p.79, illustrated