A FINE QUEEN ANNE SILVER-GILT CUP AND COVER
A FINE QUEEN ANNE SILVER-GILT CUP AND COVER

MAKER'S MARK OF PIERRE PLATEL, LONDON, 1712

Details
A FINE QUEEN ANNE SILVER-GILT CUP AND COVER
Maker's Mark of Pierre Platel, London, 1712
Urn-form, on circular foot with gadrooning, the lower body applied with strapwork, the scroll handles with leaf grips and pendant husk decoration, the circular cover with gadrooned rim and similarly applied with strapwork surmounted by a fluted knop finial, one side engraved with mirror cypher within baroque cartouche, the other with an elaborate coat-of-arms and similar cartouche; marked under foot and on cover flange
12 in. (30.48 cm) high; 100 oz. (3215 gr.)
Platel, Pierre
Provenance
S.J. Shrubsole

Lot Essay

The arms are those of Johnson of Spaulding, Lincolnshire