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MARK OF PIERRE PLATEL, LONDON, 1716
Details
A GEORGE I SILVER-GILT CUP AND COVER
MARK OF PIERRE PLATEL, LONDON, 1716
Inverted bell-shape and on spreading foot, the lower body and cover applied with strapwork on a matted ground, the rim and cover later chased with foliage, the cover with a baluster finial, with leaf-capped scroll handles, later engraved with a coat-of-arms, marked underneath and on cover bezel
12 in. (30.4 cm.) high
80 oz. 5 dwt. (2,496 gr.)
The arms are those of Poynder with Edmeades in pretence for Thomas Poynder (1814-1873) and his wife Mary Anne, daughter of Robert Edmeades.
MARK OF PIERRE PLATEL, LONDON, 1716
Inverted bell-shape and on spreading foot, the lower body and cover applied with strapwork on a matted ground, the rim and cover later chased with foliage, the cover with a baluster finial, with leaf-capped scroll handles, later engraved with a coat-of-arms, marked underneath and on cover bezel
12 in. (30.4 cm.) high
80 oz. 5 dwt. (2,496 gr.)
The arms are those of Poynder with Edmeades in pretence for Thomas Poynder (1814-1873) and his wife Mary Anne, daughter of Robert Edmeades.
Provenance
Thomas Poynder (1814-1873), by descent to his nephew
John Dickson who assumed by Royal licence the additional surname Poynder and was created 1st Baron Islington in 1910, by descent to his wife.
Anne, Lady Islington (1869-1958),
Anonymous sale [The Rt. Hon. The Lady Islington]; Christie's, London, 9 October 1957, lot 25 (£260 to Chalons).
Prince Nicholas of Romania (1903-1978).
Prinz Nikolaus von Rumänien; Jörg Stucker, Berne, 22 May 1964, lot 255.
John Dickson who assumed by Royal licence the additional surname Poynder and was created 1st Baron Islington in 1910, by descent to his wife.
Anne, Lady Islington (1869-1958),
Anonymous sale [The Rt. Hon. The Lady Islington]; Christie's, London, 9 October 1957, lot 25 (£260 to Chalons).
Prince Nicholas of Romania (1903-1978).
Prinz Nikolaus von Rumänien; Jörg Stucker, Berne, 22 May 1964, lot 255.
Literature
H. Müller, European Silver from the Thyssen-Bornemisza Collection, London, 1986, cat. no. 6, pp. 50-51.
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