ID 848416 
Lot 154  | A CHARLES II SILVER CASTER AND A WILLIAM AND MARY SILVER CASTER
Estimate value
£ 2 000 – 3 000 
ONE WITH MAKER'S MARK BB OR RB ABOVE A HEART, LONDON, 1675, THE OTHER WITH MARK OF FRANCIS GARTHORNE, LONDON, 1689
Each cylindrical with corded foot, the domed covers with bayonet fittings and pierced with quatrefoils, the baluster finial below a cut card-work calyx, each engraved with a coat-of-arms, one with the initials C/IE underneath, one marked on body and cover, the other on flange
51/4 in. (13.3 cm.) high
10 oz. 200 dwt. (322 gr.)
The arms are those of Norton impaling another.
Provenance
A Lady [Mrs M.A. Hussein, 85-88 Eaton Square, SW1]; Christie's, London, 24 November 1971, lot 59 (lot 58 appears to be a larger caster of the same design stated to have belonged to Lord Grantley).
With Partridge Fine Art Ltd, London.
| Medium: | Silver | 
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| Historical era: | Stuart Restoration in England | 
| Place of origin: | Northern Europe, United Kingdom | 
| Category: | Sugar Caster | 
| Auction house category: | All other types of objects | 
| Medium: | Silver | 
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| Historical era: | Stuart Restoration in England | 
| Place of origin: | Northern Europe, United Kingdom | 
| Category: | Sugar Caster | 
| Auction house category: | All other types of objects | 
| Address of auction | CHRISTIE'S 8 King Street, St. James's SW1Y 6QT London United Kingdom | |
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