A COMMONWEALTH SILVER WINE CUP

細節

A COMMONWEALTH SILVER WINE CUP
London, 1653, maker's mark M in a heart-shaped shield

Tapering cylindrical and on trumpet-shaped foot engraved with a band of matting, the bowl stamped with a band of circles and rosettes, the base of the bowl chased with a rose, marked on rim and foot - 3in. (7.8cm.) high
2ozs. (67grs.)

來源

Anonymous sale, Christie's, 4 March 1914, lot 100, (#67 to the Goldsmiths and Silversmiths Company)
Anonymous sale, Christie's, 9 June 1943, lot 44, (#150 to How of Edinburgh Ltd.) How of Edinburgh Ltd., invoice dated 10 June 1943, for #155

出版

Commander G. E.P. How, Notes on Antique Silver 1944-45, privately printed, 1945, p. 26

拍品專文

In a letter to Lady Wills, dated 27 May 1943, Commander How refers to this wine cup;
"Lot 44 Commonwealth wine cup. This has been slightly damaged at the rim, but nothing to worry about, and is a very pretty little piece which Sir Peter should have in his collection".
After the first day of the sale Commander How wrote again;
"The first day of the sale is over, taken overall, prices were high, as I thought they would be, but we just managed to get the little wine cup at our last bid of #150, and the beaker (lot 48) we bought for #180"