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THE PROPERTY OF A GENTLEMAN
AN ELIZABETH I SILVER-GILT MOUNTED TIGERWARE JUG
LONDON, 1577, MARK INDISTINCT, POSSIBLY A STAG'S HEAD FOR ROBERT TAYLBOYES (JACKSON REV.ED., P.93, LINE 5)
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AN ELIZABETH I SILVER-GILT MOUNTED TIGERWARE JUG
London, 1577, mark indistinct, possibly a stag's head for Robert Taylboyes (Jackson rev.ed., p.93, line 5)
Baluster form, on spreading circular foot, embossed with fruits and flowers, with stylized foliage border, the neck mount and hinged domed cover with conforming decoration, stylized strapwork and masks, with seated putti finial and shell and mask thumbpiece, marked under base, on neck and cover
9¾in. (25cm.) high
London, 1577, mark indistinct, possibly a stag's head for Robert Taylboyes (Jackson rev.ed., p.93, line 5)
Baluster form, on spreading circular foot, embossed with fruits and flowers, with stylized foliage border, the neck mount and hinged domed cover with conforming decoration, stylized strapwork and masks, with seated putti finial and shell and mask thumbpiece, marked under base, on neck and cover
9¾in. (25cm.) high
Provenance
Christie's, London, June 13, 1911, lot 43
Christie's, London, December 11, 1935, lot 120
William Randolph Hearst Esq. sold Christie's, London, December 14, 1938, lot 109
How of Edinburgh
Christie's, London, December 11, 1935, lot 120
William Randolph Hearst Esq. sold Christie's, London, December 14, 1938, lot 109
How of Edinburgh
Literature
Commander G.E.P. How, R.N., Notes on Antique Silver, 1942, p. 3
The Glory of the Goldsmith: Magnificent Gold and Silver From the Al-Tajir Collection, 1989, no.32, p. 52
The Glory of the Goldsmith: Magnificent Gold and Silver From the Al-Tajir Collection, 1989, no.32, p. 52
Exhibited
"Late Elizabethan Art," Burlington Fine Arts Club, London, 1926
"The Glory of the Goldsmith: Magnificent Gold and Silver from the Al-Tajir Collection," Christie's, London, 1989, no. 32
"The Glory of the Goldsmith: Magnificent Gold and Silver from the Al-Tajir Collection," Christie's, London, 1989, no. 32
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