A LARGE QUEEN ANNE SILVER GOBLET

MAKER'S MARK OF EDWARD WIMANS, LONDON, 1703

Details

A LARGE QUEEN ANNE SILVER GOBLET
Maker's Mark of Edward Wimans, London, 1703
On flaring cylindrical foot with gadrooning, the cylindrical cup with part spiral-fluting and chased with two cartouches, one enclosing the engraved arms of the Coachmaker's Company, the other enclosing the Company's crest, the mid-band with inscription, The Gift of Alexander Kilgower, marked near rim and under foot
9 in. (23.5 cm.) high; 17 oz. 10 dwt. (557 gr.)
Wimans, Edward

Provenance

S.J. Shrubsole

Literature

Harold Nockolds, The Coachmakers, 1977, p.161
Nockolds, in discussing the silver of the Coachmaker's Company, cites the present cup: "among the other treasures are a fine silver cup given by A. Kilgower" (op.cit., p. 161).

Exhibited

Victoria & Albert Museum, 1926, The Livery Companies' Exhibition, Coachmaker's Co., no. 629

Lot Essay

The arms are those of the Coachmaker's Company, one of the Livery Companies, or trade guilds which were granted Royal charters during the reign of Edward III. Certain grades of members are privileged to wear a special "livery" or distinctive clothing in the form of a fur-trimmed gown. Only a few other silver objects are known that bear the arms of the Coachmaker's Company. These include a standing cup and cover, 1650, maker's mark AM in monogram, inscribed The Guift of Mr. Samuel Aubery 1677; a gilt flagon, circa 1680, inscribed The Guift of Richard Cheslyn Junr. Clerk to this Company; a two-handled cup, 1688, maker's mark IL, a fleur-de-lys below, inscribed The Gift of Edward Hutton; and a monteith bowl by John Smith, 1702, inscribed Ex dono Abrahamus Keen. The practice of engraving a presentation inscription on a gift of silver is one that is shared by many of the Livery Companies in this period.