MARK OF THOMAS BRYDON, LONDON, 1699, BRITANNIA STANDARD

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A VERY FINE WILLIAM III SILVER SNUFFERS STAND AND SNUFFERS
MARK OF THOMAS BRYDON, LONDON, 1699, BRITANNIA STANDARD
On a gadrooned square base with canted corners, rising to a gadroon knopped stem, with rectangular deep snuffer holder with beaded borders and beaded scroll handle, one side engraved with a coat-of-arms, the snuffers of scissor form, engraved with the same coat-of-arms, marked under base and inside each side of snuffer
7in. (17.7cm.) high; 9oz. 10dwt. (308gr.) (2)

Provenance

Leidesdorf Collection, sold Sotheby Parke Bernet, New York, June 4, 1974, lot 88
How of Edinburgh, London
Alastair Dickenson Fine Silver, London, 2000

Literature

Ian Harris, The Price Guide to Antique Silver, 1969, p. 71 and dust jacket

Lot Essay

The arms are those of Williams.

A variant of snuffers with tray, in which snuffers fit vertically into a stand, was produced circa 1680-1725. It is rare to find both the stand and snuffers of such an early date remaining ensuite, and marked by the same maker, as they were typically manufactured by different craftsmen. A snuffers and stand by Thomas Brydon, 1696, in the collection of the Victoria and Albert Museum is illustrated in J. F. Hayward, Huguenot Silver in England 1688-1727, 1959, no.75B.

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