Lot Essay
A smaller monteith made by David King in the same year is cited in Georgina Lee, British Silver Monteith Bowls including American and European examples, London, 1978, p. 100.
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PROPERTY FROM THE ESTATE OF HALSTED B. VANDER POEL
A RARE GEORGE I IRISH SILVER MONTEITH BOWL
MARK OF DAVID KING, DUBLIN, 1715
Details
A RARE GEORGE I IRISH SILVER MONTEITH BOWL
MARK OF DAVID KING, DUBLIN, 1715
Circular, on a molded and domed circular base, the shaped rim with strapwork border, one side engraved with armorials and one side engraved with a coat-of-arms within foliate mantling, marked under base and engraved with scratchweights 95.0 and 94=2
13½in. (34.3cm.) diameter; 88oz. (2749gr.)
MARK OF DAVID KING, DUBLIN, 1715
Circular, on a molded and domed circular base, the shaped rim with strapwork border, one side engraved with armorials and one side engraved with a coat-of-arms within foliate mantling, marked under base and engraved with scratchweights 95.0 and 94=2
13½in. (34.3cm.) diameter; 88oz. (2749gr.)
Provenance
S.J. Shrubsole, New York
Christie's, London, March 26, 1924, lot 103
Christie's, London, March 26, 1924, lot 103
Engraved
The arms are those of Hawkins of Dublin.