A FINE PAIR OF GEORGE V SILVER-GILT FLAGONS

MAKER'S MARK OF THEODORE ROSSI, LONDON, 1921

Details

A FINE PAIR OF GEORGE V SILVER-GILT FLAGONS
Maker's mark of Theodore Rossi, London, 1921
In the James I style, tapering cylindrical with spreading base, the lower and upper body chased with band of strapwork, patera and pomegranate at intervals framing a mid-band with a reserve with recumbent sea monsters and winged putti in-between, the front engraved with the coat-of-arms of the city of Norwich on a shield, the tubular scroll handle with cast thumbpiece of winged putto and engraved with scalework, the domed cover with seamonsters and winged putti at intervals centering the Royal arms in a lozenge, marked near rims, the bases stamped ROSSI NORWICH
13in. (33.5cm.) high; 108oz. (3366gr.) (2)

Provenance

The arms are those of H.R.H. Victoria Alexandra Alice, Princess Mary, only daughter of George V and Queen Alexandria, who married Viscount Lascelles, Earl of Harewood, on February 28, 1922

Property of Her Royal Highness The Princess Royal and The Right. Hon. The Earl of Harewood, Christie's, London, March 13-15, 1957, lot 27R

Lot Essay

These tankards are reproductions of a pair in the collection of the City of Norwich, made in London in 1617, illustrated in Charles Oman, "The Civic Plate and Insignia of the City of Norwich, part 2: The Civic Plate," Connoisseur, 1964, fig. e.