MARK OF PIERRE HARACHE, LONDON, 1702

Details

A QUEEN ANNE SILVER CUP AND COVER
MARK OF PIERRE HARACHE, LONDON, 1702
Inverted bell-shape and on spreading gadrooned foot, the lower body applied with cut-card decoration, with central reeded rib, with two leaf-capped scroll handle, the detachable cover with gadrooned rim and applied cut-card below the baluster finial, the body engraved with a coat-of-arms, the cover with a crest, marked near handle and inside cover, further engraved underneath with a scratchweight '58'
9 ½ in. (24 cm.) high
57 oz. 9 dwt. (1,786 gr.)
The arms are those of Stickland impaling Palmes, for Sir William Strickland, 3rd Bt. (1665-1724) and his wife Elizabeth, daughter and eventual sole heiress of William Palmes, Esq. of Lindsay whom he married in 1684.

Provenance

Sir William Strickland, 3rd Bt. (1665-1724) and by descent to
Sir Walter Strickland, 9th Bt. (1851-1938) and by descent to his first cousin
Charles Henry Marriott, Esq. (1882-1945) of Boynton Hall and by descent to his half brother
The Rev. James Strickland (Marriott) (B.1892) of Boynton Hall.
The Rev. J. E. Strickland; Sotheby's, London, 27 June 1963, lot 36 (£60 to Kaye).
Palladio Stiftung; Christie's, London, 29 June 1977, lot 95.
with Thomas Lumley, London.
with How of Edinburgh, 1977.
Richard George Meech, Q.C. (1893-1990).
The Meech Collection; Sotheby's, New York, 22 October 1993, lot 55.
The Whiteley Trust; Christie's, London, 12 June 2000, lot 12.
with Marks Antiques, London.

Literature

The Ivory Hammer, the Year at Sotheby's, 1963, p. 171.
V. Brett, The Sotheby's Dictionary of Silver, London, 1986, p. 159, no. 622.

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Lot Essay

The Stricklands acquired the Boynton estate in 1549 and were prominent Puritans in the Elizabethan period. They served Cromwell in the Civil War and both Sir William's grandfather and great-uncle served in Commonwealth parliament. The family survived the Restoration although Sir William was bound over to appear at the assizes in 1683, having helped in the escape of the Scottish Whig Sir John Cochrane. Sir William had been educated at Exeter College, Oxford and first entered parliament as M.P. for Malton in 1689 under the interest of his father-in-law. He was a member of parliament during the reigns of William and Mary, Queen Anne and George I. He did not take a very active role in the party but did serve on twelve committees and was a strong advocate for harsh punishment for those who had served under James II.

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