A Charles II silver porringer

A Charles II silver porringer,

maker's mark TR below a crescent, possibly for Thomas Rutter, London 1681,

circular form, embossed with acanthus leaf decoration, scroll handles, the centre with an armorial within plume mantling, the underside scratch initialled 'WS' over 'RS', height 10.5cm, approx. weight 10.5oz.

The shield is that of Charles of Tavistock, Devon.

Provenance: Sotheby's, London, Fine Furniture and Silver, 18 November 2008, lot 20.

For an illustration and write up of this maker's mark see: Mitchell, D., Silversmiths in Elizabethan and Stuart London, The Boydell Press, 2017, pages 553.