Lot Essay
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PROPERTY OF AN AMERICAN COLLECTOR
A FINE QUEEN ANNE SILVER MONTEITH BOWL
MARK OF WILLIAM DENNY, LONDON, 1703
Details
A FINE QUEEN ANNE SILVER MONTEITH BOWL
MARK OF WILLIAM DENNY, LONDON, 1703
Circular on a spreading foot with spiral gadrooned border, the body chased with bands of fluting and stylized foliage against a punched ground, each side chased with an oval cartouche enclosed by scrolls and fishscale, one side engraved with a coat-of-arms, the other engraved H over A M 1704, with two lion's-mask bracket handles, the removable scalloped rim applied with masks between rope-twist, marked on body and rim bezel
10 5/8 in. (27 cm.) diameter; 58 oz. 10 dwt. (1826 gr.)
MARK OF WILLIAM DENNY, LONDON, 1703
Circular on a spreading foot with spiral gadrooned border, the body chased with bands of fluting and stylized foliage against a punched ground, each side chased with an oval cartouche enclosed by scrolls and fishscale, one side engraved with a coat-of-arms, the other engraved H over A M 1704, with two lion's-mask bracket handles, the removable scalloped rim applied with masks between rope-twist, marked on body and rim bezel
10 5/8 in. (27 cm.) diameter; 58 oz. 10 dwt. (1826 gr.)
Provenance
with Partridge Fine Arts, London