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A Rare William III Provincial silver tankard
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A Rare William III Provincial silver tankard

MARK OF ELIZABETH HASELWOOD, NORWICH, 1697-1701

细节
A Rare William III Provincial silver tankard
Mark of Elizabeth Haselwood, Norwich, 1697-1701
Tapering cylindrical and on rim foot, with scroll handle, hinged flat-topped cover and corkscrew thumbpiece, marked on body and cover
7in. (17.8cm.) high
26oz. (829gr.)
注意事项
No VAT will be charged on the hammer price, but VAT at 17.5% will be added to the buyer's premium which is invoiced on a VAT inclusive basis.

拍品专文

The rare mark on this tankard dates from the extremely short period of hallmarking in Norwich, which started with the 1697 proclamation which decreeded that the fineness be raised from Sterling to Britannia Standard. This prevented the Norwich silversmiths from using their existing marks of a crown rose and a lion passant with crown above. They adopted an unofficial system using a shaped oblong mark 'F SIL' meaning Fine Silver, together with an uncrowned leopard's head, the letter N for Norwich, and a leopard's head erased. G. N. Barrett in Jackson's Silver & Gold Marks of England, Scotland & Ireland, Ian Pickford ed., Woodbridge, 1989, p.339, lists only three pieces struck with these marks, one a tankard by Elizabeth Haselwood, presumably this lot.