A CHARLES II SILVER TAZZA

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Lot 185 | A CHARLES II SILVER TAZZA
A CHARLES II SILVER TAZZA

LONDON, 1679, MAKER'S MARK TK ROSETTE BELOW ATTRIBUTED TO THOMAS KING

Circular, on a spreading trumpet foot and with reeded rim, the field flat chased in the chinoiserie style with couples of Chinese figures interspersed with palm trees and ho-ho birds within matted bands, engraved in the centre with a lozenge-of-arms with crest above, within foliage mantling, marked on field and foot, and with scratchweight 33=8

13 3/4 in. (34.9 cm.) diameter

32 oz. 16 dwt. (1,021 gr.)

The arms are those of a lady of the Ashburnham family.





Provenance

Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, London, 20 April 1972, lot 102.

A Canadian Collector; Christie's, New York, 30 October 1991, lot 300.



Literature

V. Brett, The Sotheby's Directory of Silver 1600-1940, London, 1986, p. 136, pl. 477.

D. Mitchell, Silversmiths in Elizabethan and Stuart London, Woodbridge, 2017, p. 541.



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