Lot Essay
The engraved inscription under the base reads: "Presented to H.J. Hines by the Directors of the Royal Exchange Assurance 1919"
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MAKER'S MARK OF ROBERT TIMBRELL & JOSEPH BELL I, LONDON, 1710
Details
A QUEEN ANNE SILVER MONTEITH
Maker's mark of Robert Timbrell & Joseph Bell I, London, 1710
Circular on a spreading foot, the body chased with bands of fluting, beads and stylized foliage against a punched ground, each side chased with an oval cartouche enclosed by scrolls and fishscale, engraved with a crest, with two lion's-mask bracket handles, the removable scalloped rim applied with masks between ropetwist, engraved under the base with a presentation inscription, fully marked on body, the rim struck with maker's mark four times
103/8in. (26.3cm.) diameter; 64oz. (2005gr.)
Maker's mark of Robert Timbrell & Joseph Bell I, London, 1710
Circular on a spreading foot, the body chased with bands of fluting, beads and stylized foliage against a punched ground, each side chased with an oval cartouche enclosed by scrolls and fishscale, engraved with a crest, with two lion's-mask bracket handles, the removable scalloped rim applied with masks between ropetwist, engraved under the base with a presentation inscription, fully marked on body, the rim struck with maker's mark four times
103/8in. (26.3cm.) diameter; 64oz. (2005gr.)
Provenance
Christie's, London, November 29, 1911, lot 11
Christie's, London, March 23, 1917, lot 225
S.J. Shrubsole, 1964
Christie's, London, March 23, 1917, lot 225
S.J. Shrubsole, 1964
Exhibited
Silver and Ceramics for Exotic Beverages: Wares for Punch, Chocolate, Coffee, and Tea 1686-1805, The Forty-First Washington Antiques Show, November 20-December 3, 1995