Details
A CHARLES II SILVER TWO-HANDLED CUP AND COVER
LONDON, 1670, MAKER'S MARK FS CINQUEFOIL BELOW
Baluster, on narrow circular base, the lower body chased with flowers, lion and griffin, the flat-domed cover with conforming decoration and acanthus bud finial, with caryatid scroll handles, F.C.S prick engraved under base, marked under base and cover and with scratch weight 25=6
7in. (17.8cm.) high
(25oz. 777gr.)
LONDON, 1670, MAKER'S MARK FS CINQUEFOIL BELOW
Baluster, on narrow circular base, the lower body chased with flowers, lion and griffin, the flat-domed cover with conforming decoration and acanthus bud finial, with caryatid scroll handles, F.C.S prick engraved under base, marked under base and cover and with scratch weight 25=6
7in. (17.8cm.) high
(25oz. 777gr.)
Provenance
Anonymous sale, Christie's, London, June 8, 1921, lot 39 (/p194 to Willson)
Literature
Starkie Gardner, ed., Exhibition of a Collection of Silversmiths' Work of European Origin, London, 1901, p.92
Exhibited
London, Burlington Fine Arts Club, 1901, Case I, no.66, lent by Mr. Charles Butler