Silver & Objects of Vertu - Day 2 - 28th April 2021
Lot 2028
A Charles II silver tumbler cup
Estimate £4,000 - £6,000 | Hammer £18000
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Description
A Charles II silver tumbler cup,
maker's mark WF conjoined, probably by William Francis, London 1683,
circular form, engraved with an armorial shield within plume mantling, diameter 9cm, height 7cm, approx. weight 6oz.
Provenance:
A Private Collection.
Alastair Dickenson Ltd.
Woolley and Wallis, Salisbury, How of Edinburgh Sale, 30 October 2007, lot 397.
For maker's mark see: Mitchell, D., Silversmiths of Elizabethan and Stuart London, The Boydell Press, 2017, page 571.
The armorial is that of Garnish or Michell/Mychell.