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Lot Essay
Elizabeth Haselwood took over the workshop of her husband on his death in 1684. Born in 1644 she was the daughter of Robert Wood, gentleman of Brooke, While probably not a silversmith in her own right she successful ran the business until her death in 1715 when it was passed to her son Arthur, the third generation of silversmith to run the business. The work of the family is discussed by C. Ticktum in Norwich Silver From Earliest Times to the Closure of the Assay in 1702, Norwich, 2006, pp. 149-150.
During her tenure, and using her maker's mark EH below a crown, she ran what was surely one of the largest silver producers in Norwich at the time. Other examples of work with her mark includes a tankard of 1697-1701 (Christie's, London, 13 June 2001, lot 152), a tobacco-box of circa 1695 in the collection of the National Museum of Women in the Arts and a beaker of circa 1685 in the Royal Collection (RCIN 49304).
During her tenure, and using her maker's mark EH below a crown, she ran what was surely one of the largest silver producers in Norwich at the time. Other examples of work with her mark includes a tankard of 1697-1701 (Christie's, London, 13 June 2001, lot 152), a tobacco-box of circa 1695 in the collection of the National Museum of Women in the Arts and a beaker of circa 1685 in the Royal Collection (RCIN 49304).