Description
An Elizabeth I silver wine cup,
maker's mark of a windmill, attributed to Robert Wright, London 1578,
tapering circular bowl, with a central girdle, engraved above with a grasshopper, a snail, a bird and ribbon tied swag decoration, and embossed below with lobed decoration,on a knopped stem and tapering circular foot, height 12.3cm, approx. weight 4.2oz.
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Provenance:
A Private Collection
Sworders Auctioneers, Essex,13th November 2007 lot 319.
Sotheby's London, Fine Silver, 29th November 2005 lot 182.
For maker's mark see, Jackson, Ian Pickford Edition, The Antique Collectors Club, 2002 edition, page 100.
