Lot Essay
This maker's mark, TT crowned, has been attributed to Thomas Tysoe by Timothy Kent (Jackson, rev. ed., p. 145, line 11).
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MAKER'S MARK OF THOMAS TYSOE, LONDON, CIRCA 1690
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A WILLIAM AND MARY SILVER SPICE BOX
Maker's Mark of Thomas Tysoe, London, circa 1690
Oval, the cover engraved with a cherub holding flowers in a townscape, beneath motto "TOUSJOURS DE MESME", the sides and base engraved with stylized foliage, marked inside base
1.5/8 in. (4.3 cm.) long
Tysoe, Thomas
Maker's Mark of Thomas Tysoe, London, circa 1690
Oval, the cover engraved with a cherub holding flowers in a townscape, beneath motto "TOUSJOURS DE MESME", the sides and base engraved with stylized foliage, marked inside base
1.5/8 in. (4.3 cm.) long
Tysoe, Thomas
Provenance
S.J. Shrubsole