LONDON, 1695, MAKER’S MARK WK, PROBABLY FOR WILLIAM KEATE

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A WILLIAM III SILVER PORRINGER AND COVER
LONDON, 1695, MAKER’S MARK WK, PROBABLY FOR WILLIAM KEATE
The cover surmounted by a knob finial, fluted and chased with flowers, the gadrooned body flanked by loop handles, and later engraved with a coat-of-arms, marked on cover and body
7 ½ in. (19 cm.) high
28 oz. 13 dwt. (892 gr.)
The arms are those of Wood.

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Lot Essay

The mark, recorded by Ian Pickford, Jackson’s Goldsmiths and Their Marks, Woodbridge, 1989, on page 147, line 10, was attributed by Jackson in 1921 to the silversmith William Keatt, presumably an alternate spelling of Keate. William Keate became free in 1689 and was elected to the Livery in 1705.

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