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拍品专文
Purchased Christies South Kensington, 1st March 2005 lot 292. It had been consigned anonymously, the provenance having been found near Middleham Castle, North Yorkshire in the 1960's.
There are believed to be only two other examples of this type of saucer known. One illustrated in J.Pewter Soc. Autumn 1985 p.68. 'An early saucer', by M. Kashden. Measuring 5 7/16ins it was sold in the Law sale, Phillips Chester, lot 111.
A second 5 3/8in. was found at Tong castle, see the Worshipful Company of Pewterers No.S125, p.24, also illustrated in J.Pewter Soc. Autumn 1978.
See also The Museum of London, A Handbook of selected Tudor and Stuart pieces, p.14 for two similar catalogued as 15th Century or earlier.
There are believed to be only two other examples of this type of saucer known. One illustrated in J.Pewter Soc. Autumn 1985 p.68. 'An early saucer', by M. Kashden. Measuring 5 7/16ins it was sold in the Law sale, Phillips Chester, lot 111.
A second 5 3/8in. was found at Tong castle, see the Worshipful Company of Pewterers No.S125, p.24, also illustrated in J.Pewter Soc. Autumn 1978.
See also The Museum of London, A Handbook of selected Tudor and Stuart pieces, p.14 for two similar catalogued as 15th Century or earlier.