Silver & Objects of Vertu - Day 2 - 28th April 2021
Lot 2047
A Charles II silver Chinoiserie two-handled porringer and cover
Estimate £10,000 - £15,000 | Hammer £26000
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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.
Provenance:
A Private Collection.
Alastair Dickenson Ltd.
Woolley and Wallis, Salisbury, Fine Silver and Objects of Vertu, 28 October 2015, lot 646.
A Private Collection.
Tessiers Ltd, illustrated in a advert in the Connoisseur Yearbook 1961.