Lot 120
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AN ENGLISH WRIGGLEWORK SINGLE-REEDED RIM PEWTER PLATE
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AN ENGLISH WRIGGLEWORK SINGLE-REEDED RIM PEWTER PLATE

BY EDWARD GREGORY OF BRISTOL, CIRCA 1695

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AN ENGLISH WRIGGLEWORK SINGLE-REEDED RIM PEWTER PLATE
BY EDWARD GREGORY OF BRISTOL, CIRCA 1695
Engraved with a lion, two pairs of stamped or engraved initials to rim and touch under well (O.P.2001)
8¼in. (21cm.)
Literature
Museum of London 1989, Pewter, A celebration of the craft, No.130
Hornsby, Pewter of the Western World, Fig.26
Exhibited
Usher Art Gallery, Lincoln, 1962, No.232.
Harvard House, Pewter and the British Monarchy,
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Lot Essay

In religious symbolism the lion represents God (and Judah), but this rather naive beast may have been a reference to the continuation of the monarchy. Flat-lids are also occasionaly found with wriggled lion motifs.

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