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A William and Mary circular rose water dish with rope-twist rim, the centre with a circular boss engraved with armorials and a coronet, maker's initials T. B., with a pellet between, London 1692 - 15½in, 34.75oz.
The armorials are those of Mordant impaling Thomond for Henry second Earl of Peterborough and his wife Penelope, Daughter of Barnaby O'Brien, Sixth Earl of Thomond, Henry Mordant became a distinguished supporter of the Royal Cause during the Civil War, raising a regiment at his own expense and being wounded at the Battle of Newbury. In 1648 he assisted the Early of Holland in his unsuccessful effort to release the King from confinement, and although he escaped his estates were sequestrated and he was voted a traitor to the Commonwealth. After the Restoration he became a Privy Councillor to King Charles II.
The maker's initials on this piece are illustrated in Chaffer's Hallmarks on Plate, Published in 1874, appearing on a copper plate, of 1675 at the Goldsmiths Hall.
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The armorials are those of Mordant impaling Thomond for Henry second Earl of Peterborough and his wife Penelope, Daughter of Barnaby O'Brien, Sixth Earl of Thomond, Henry Mordant became a distinguished supporter of the Royal Cause during the Civil War, raising a regiment at his own expense and being wounded at the Battle of Newbury. In 1648 he assisted the Early of Holland in his unsuccessful effort to release the King from confinement, and although he escaped his estates were sequestrated and he was voted a traitor to the Commonwealth. After the Restoration he became a Privy Councillor to King Charles II.
The maker's initials on this piece are illustrated in Chaffer's Hallmarks on Plate, Published in 1874, appearing on a copper plate, of 1675 at the Goldsmiths Hall.
See Illustration