MARK OF GEORGE NATHAN AND RIDLEY HAYES, CHESTER, 1902

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AN EDWARD VII SILVER REPRODUCTION FONT-CUP
MARK OF GEORGE NATHAN AND RIDLEY HAYES, CHESTER, 1902
Circular and on a pedestal foot, the bowl chased with scalework and an inscription, the foot lobed, marked on bowl
4¾ in. (12.1 cm.) diameter
11 oz. (330 gr.)
The inscription reads 'BENEDICTUS DEUS IM [SIC] DONA SUIS AME'.

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Lot Essay

Cups of shallow font form appear in English silver from the mid-15th century to circa 1525. The earliest hallmarked example, The Campion Cup of 1500, is in the collection of the Victoria and Albert Museum. The present cup is after a font-cup of 1521 from the Dunn Gardiner collection, sold at Christie's, 29 April 1902, lot 131, illustrated in C. Jackson, History of English Plate, London, 1911, p. 690, fig. 900.

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