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Commonwealth / Charles II Miniature (Toy) Silver Porringer IG, London, c1650-68 |
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Catalog#: |
5914 |
Artist: |
Not Available |
Category: |
Silver, Metal & Vertu |
Date: |
1650-68
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Signature(s): |
I.G, a mullet between and a crescent below, within a heart-shaped punch |
SubType: |
Silver |
Origin: |
England-UK |
Subject: |
Silver |
Style: |
Baroque |
Era: |
17th Century |
Height: |
2.125 inches |
Width: |
4.25 inches |
Width Note: |
Over Handles |
Depth: |
4.25 inches |
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Commonwealth / Charles II Miniature (Toy) Silver Porringer, IG, London, c1650-68
Of bulbous form on a short foot, decorated with four panels of sprays of leaves against a stippled ground within punch-beaded borders, the base embossed with a flower within punch-bead border, wirework scroll handles and gilt interior, late 18th century monogram MAK in conjoined script with flourishes; also scratched verso “Hwd 89”.
Maker's mark ‘I.G, a mullet between and a crescent below, within a heart-shaped punch, twice marked with additional indiscernible adjacent small round punches.
A cup by this maker is also listed in Goldsmith and the Grape, catalog for Goldsmith Hall’s exhibition of the same name, July 1983: p. 18, #41, with the royal cipher C.R for Charles II (courtesy of the Worshipful Company of Vinters).
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