A Charles II porringer

£2,500 - £3,000

A Charles II porringer, of bellied circular form with twin, cast, s-scroll handles decorated around the lower body with a row of alternating embossed feathers and stiff leaves, pricked "W" over "IA" below the rim, maker's mark "TA" in a heart-shaped punch, mullet between, London 1671, 5.1in (13cm) diameter, 7.75oz.

* See Jackson's Revised pp 126 for an illustration of this mark.