A FINE CHARLES II IRISH SILVER PORRINGER AND COVER

MAKER'S MARK OF ABEL RAM, DUBLIN, CIRCA 1665 (JACKSON, REV. ED. 1989, P. 625, LINE 5)

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A FINE CHARLES II IRISH SILVER PORRINGER AND COVER
Maker's mark of Abel Ram, Dublin, circa 1665 (Jackson, rev. ed. 1989, p. 625, line 5)
Baluster form on reeded circular foot, the body chased and repoussé with a band of scrolling flowers beneath a punched border of stylized flowers, the two cast caryatid handles with eagle-head terminals, the domed cover with similar decoration and baluster finial, marked under base with maker's mark only and engraved with initials M P? and scratch weight 31 o - 10 p - 00 g
8in. (20.4cm.) high; 29oz. (912gr.)

Provenance

The Very Rev. C. G. Homan, Dean of Raphoe, sold Christie's, London, December 10, 1958, lot 78c
Christie's, New York, April 12, 1988, lot 236

Literature

Tony Sweeney, Irish Stuart Silver, 1995, p. 48, no. 242

Lot Essay

This is the only known porringer and cover by Dublin silversmith, Abel Ram. In total, Tony Sweeny records ten extant pieces by Ram in Irish Stuart Silver, including communion cups and alms plates, and trefid and Puritan style table spoons. Ram's work appears to date almost exclusively to the 1660s.

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