Printed from Woolley & Wallis

Description

A Charles I silver wine cup,

maker's mark attributed to Barnabus Gregory, London 1630,

tapering circular tapering bowl, embossed foliate decoration, scratch initialled 'W' over 'E*A', on a baluster stem on a raised circular foot, height 13cm, approx. weight 4oz.

Provenance, How of Edinburgh Sale, Woolley and Wallis, 30 October 2007, Lot 340,

For mark see: Mitchell, D., Silversmiths in Elizabethan and Stuart London, The Boydell Press, 2017, pages 245-247. Also see figure 142 for a similar example by the same maker.