MAKER'S MARK DI PROBABLY FOR ARTHUR DICKEN, LONDON, 1722, BRITANNIA STANDARD

Details

A George I silver strawberry dish
Maker's mark DI probably for Arthur Dicken, London, 1722, Britannia standard
Shaped circular with fluted and scalloped rim, the centre engraved with later coat-of-arms, marked on outer border
17.2 cm. (6¾ in.) diam.
242 gr. (7 oz.)

Provenance

Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, London, 27 November 1975, lot 169 (to Dreesmann).
Dr Anton C.R. Dreesmann (inventory no. G-15).

Special notice

Christie's charges a Buyer's premium calculated at 20.825% of the hammer price for each lot with a value up to €90,000. If the hammer price of a lot exceeds €90,000 then the premium for the lot is calculated at 20.825% of the first €90,000 plus 11.9% of any amount in excess of €90,000. Buyer's Premium is calculated on this basis for each lot individually.

Lot Essay

The arms are those of Ffolkes impaling Browne, for Sir William John Henry Browne Ffolkes, 2nd Bt. (1786-1860), who married on 21st April 1818, Charlotte Phillipa, youngest daughter of Dominick Geoffrey Browne, of Castle MacGarret, co. Mayo, and sister of 1st Baron Oranmore

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