MARK OF ROBERT TYTE, SALISBURY, CIRCA 1620

Details

THE ELLIS LION SEJANT
A JAMES I PARCEL-GILT SILVER LION SEJANT SPOON
MARK OF ROBERT TYTE, SALISBURY, CIRCA 1620
The gilt finial cast as a lion sejant standing on a stepped plinth, the back of the bowl prick engraved with initials 'IH' over 'EH' and dated '1620', the back of the bowl later engraved 'EH 1716', marked in bowl with maker's mark and on stem with animal mark and T mark struck twice
7 in. (17.5 cm.) long
1 oz. 3 dwt. (35 gr.)

Provenance

Hubert Dynes Ellis (d.1925) of 10 Roland Gardens, Old Brompton Road, London.
Lt. Col. John Benett-Stanford (1870-1947).
The Late H. D. Ellis, Esq., now the Property of Lt. Col. J. Benett-Stanford of Pythouse, Tisbury, Wiltshire; Sotheby's, London, 30 May 1935, lot 181.
The Paterson Collection; Christie's, South Kensington, 10 November 1998, lot 4.
with J. H. Bourdon-Smith, London.

Literature

T. Kent, West Country Silver Spoons and Their Marks 1550-1750, Windsor, 1992, p. 146, pl. A.

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Lot Essay

Robert Tyte, Silversmith

Described by Timothy Kent as 'probably the most prolific provincial silversmith during the first third of the 17th century' (T. Kent, West Country Silver Spoons and Their Marks 1550-1750, Windsor, 1992, p. 139). Robert Tyte is first mentioned in 1595. He was a Common-Councillor by 1610 and a City Chamberlain in 1615. He also came to the attention of London's Worshipful Company of Goldsmiths in both 1631 and 1633 for substandard goods. He was buried on 27 September 1636.

For further information on Lion Sejant spoons see lot 444.

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