Fine Silver & Objects of Vertu - 28th October 2015

Lot 646

A Charles II silver Chinoiserie two-handled porringer and cover

Estimate £5,000 - £7,000 | Hammer £16000

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Description

A Charles II silver Chinoiserie two-handled porringer and cover,

by Benjamin Pyne, London 1683,

circular form, scroll handles, the pull-off cover with a pierced foliate finial, the body and cover engraved with birds and foliate decoration in the Chinoiserie taste, height 19.5cm, approx. weight 28.5oz.