Silver & Objects of Vertu - Day 2 - 26th January 2022 - 26 Jan 2022
A Charles II silver beaker
A Charles II silver beaker,
possibly by Richard Dransfield, London 1665,
tapering circular form, embossed foliate decoration, with feint prick dotting 'S.P A.K?' and the date '1670', on a circular foot, height 8.8cm, approx. weight 3.9oz.
For maker's mark and a similar example in The Worshipful Company of Goldsmiths Collection, see Mitchell, D., Silversmiths in Elizabethan and Stuart London, The Boydell Press, 2017 pages 448/449.