Fine Silver and Objects of Vertu - 29th April 2015

Lot 784

A Commonwealth silver wine goblet bowl

Estimate £1,500 - £2,000 | Hammer £2000

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Description

A Commonwealth silver wine goblet bowl,

maker's mark of G S with a crozier between, possibly for Gilbert Shepherd, London 1656,

circular form, decorated with tulips on a matted background, prick dot initialled 'E.D' and dated '1701', lacking foot, diameter 7cm, height 5cm, approx. weight 1.3oz.

Provenance: Lawrence's, Crewkerne, July 2011, lot 268.

For maker's mark see: Jackson's, Ian Pickford Edition, The Antique Collector's Club, 2002, page 123.