AN IMPORTANT JAMES I SILVER SHELL-FORM SPICE BOX

LONDON, 1609, MAKER'S MARK BT, STAVES IN SALTIRE BETWEEN (JACKSON, 3RD ED., P. 107, LINE 17)

Details

AN IMPORTANT JAMES I SILVER SHELL-FORM SPICE BOX
London, 1609, maker's mark BT, staves in saltire between (Jackson, 3rd ed., p. 107, line 17)
With straight sides, raised on four snail feet, with egg-and-dart rim, the hinged cover chased to represent a scallop shell, the back of side prick-engraved with initials EL over AC, also engraved under base with block initials C over AM, marked inside base and under cover
61/8in. (15.5cm.) long; 14oz. (437gr.)

Provenance

S.J. Shrubsole, 1974

Literature

Rita Reif, "Silver to Which Age Adds Luster," The New York Times, April 27, 1986

Exhibited

"Fifty Years on 57th Street," S.J. Shrubsole, New York, April-May, 1986

Further details

Details of marks, lot 302Detail of prick-engraving, lot 302

Lot Essay

A spice box by the same maker, of 1612, was offered from the collection of Mrs. Winston F.C. Guest, Sotheby's, New York, June 17, 1981, lot 55. A spice box with similar snail feet, of 1613, was sold in the same rooms, April 27, 1973, lot 163. A further example of 1610 with shell feet was sold at Christie's, New York, April 16, 1999, lot 242.

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