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A JAMES II SILVER TANKARD

MAKER'S MARK RC WITH THREE PELLETS ABOVE AND BELOW IN DOTTED CIRCULAR SHIELD PROBABLY FOR ROBERT COOPER, LONDON, 1685

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A JAMES II SILVER TANKARD
MAKER'S MARK RC WITH THREE PELLETS ABOVE AND BELOW IN DOTTED CIRCULAR SHIELD PROBABLY FOR ROBERT COOPER, LONDON, 1685
Tapering cylindrical on reeded base, the flat hinged cover with shaped lip and corkscrew angel mask thumbpiece, the handle with pricked initials MP, marked on body, cover and handle, scratch weight 26=11
7 in. (17.8 cm.) high
25 oz. 16 dwt. (804 gr.)

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Lot Essay

The maker's mark is recorded in D. Mitchell, Silversmiths in Elizabethan and Stuart London, their Lives and their Marks, Woodbridge, 2017, p. 445-446 and in Jackson 1989 p. 137 on a large covered porringer, Commonwealth flagon, porringer and cover, communion cups and covers.

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