Fine Silver & Objects of Vertu - 25th April 2018
Lot 871
A William III silver monteith bowl
Estimate £10,000 - £15,000 | Hammer £12000
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Description
A William III silver monteith bowl,
by Robert Cooper, London 1701,
circular form, with a fluted border and chased with vacant scroll cartouches on a matted ground with stylised foliate decoration, the detachable castellated collar with masks and scrolls, on a raised circular foot with a fluted border, the underside of the base with a scratch weight '56=0', diameter 28.2cm, approx. weight 55.2oz.
Provenance: Sotheby's, London, Fine Silver and Vertu, 29 November 2006, lot 105.
The Board of Trustees of The Art Institute of Chicago.
Christie's, New York, 17 October 1996, lot 204.
Illustrated in Lee,G.E., British Silver Monteith Bowls, The Manor House Press, 1978, page 33, fig. 26