MAKER'S MARK OF THOMAS JENKINS, LONDON, 1675

細節

A CHARLES II SILVER TANKARD*
Maker's mark of Thomas Jenkins, London, 1675
Cylindrical, on domed circular foot, with rope twist borders at intervals, the scroll handle with shield terminal, the hinged domed cover with a lion couchant thumb piece, the body engraved with a coat-of-arms within foliate mantling, marked on body, handle and cover
8½in. (21.6cm) high; 44oz. 10dwt. (1392gr.)

來源

How of Edinburgh
Judge Irwin Untermyer Collection

出版

Yvonne Hackenbroch, English and Other Silver in the Irwin Untermyer Collection, 1963, no. 24, pl. 30

注意事項

Tax exempt.

更多詳情

*This lot may be tax-exempt from sales tax, as set forth in the Sale Tax Notice at the front of the catalogue.

拍品專文

The arms are those of Borlase of Castle Horneck, Cornwall

Thomas Jenkins, one of the most prolific silversmiths of the Caroline period, was among the first London goldsmiths to produce tankards in the Scandinavian style. Typically of high quality and large size, Jenkins's tankards are known for the use of fine cast elements, such as lion couchant feet and thumbpieces. Arthur Grimwade and Judith Banister record over 100 pieces of Jenkins's work in "Thomas Jenkins Unveiled: A Leading Caroline Goldsmith" (Connoisseur 195, July 1977, pp. 173-81) note two tankards dating to 1675, one of which is the present lot. The second tankard with corded borders and a lion couchant thumbpiece was sold from the collection of J. Austin, Esq., Sotheby's London, November 1, 1956, lot 79.