THE PROPERTY OF A LADY
A silver cup and cover
MAKER'S MARK OF WILLIAM LUKIN, BEARING CANCELLED MARKS FOR LONDON, 1699
Details
A silver cup and cover
maker's mark of William Lukin, bearing cancelled marks for London, 1699
Vase-shaped and on spreading circular foot, with two scroll handles each with Venus mask terminal, detachable domed cover and bell-shaped finial, the foot cast and chased with panels and alternating shells and rosettes, the finial similarly cast and chased, the lower part of the body applied with strapwork incorporating classical portrait medallions, shells, scrolls and foliage, the cover similarly applied, the body engraved with a coat-of-arms within demi-female figure, putto, husk swag, latticework and foliate scroll baroque cartouche, the cover with a crest and later with further crest beneath the base and on cover rim, marked on base and cover
14¾in. (37.5cm.) high
117ozs. (3,650grs.)
maker's mark of William Lukin, bearing cancelled marks for London, 1699
Vase-shaped and on spreading circular foot, with two scroll handles each with Venus mask terminal, detachable domed cover and bell-shaped finial, the foot cast and chased with panels and alternating shells and rosettes, the finial similarly cast and chased, the lower part of the body applied with strapwork incorporating classical portrait medallions, shells, scrolls and foliage, the cover similarly applied, the body engraved with a coat-of-arms within demi-female figure, putto, husk swag, latticework and foliate scroll baroque cartouche, the cover with a crest and later with further crest beneath the base and on cover rim, marked on base and cover
14¾in. (37.5cm.) high
117ozs. (3,650grs.)
Provenance
Anon. sale; Christie's, 10 February 1881, lot 80 (¨358 to Garrard)
Exhibited
London, Court of St. James, Old Silver Work, Chiefly English, from the XVth to the XVIIIth Centuries, 1902, D56