ID 992621
Lot 189 | A JAMES II SILVER CORDIAL POT
Estimate value
£ 15 000 – 25 000
MARK OF THOMAS CORY, LONDON, 1686
Pear shaped on three scroll and pad feet with cut-card rosette terminals, the turned wood side handle issuing from a cut-card calyx, the hinged cover with baluster finial, later engraved with a crest, marked on base and cover
4 1/2 in. (11.5 cm.) high
gross weight 7 oz. 4 dwt. (233 gr.)
The crest is that of Jackson of Kilwoldsgrove, co. York.
Provenance
Ernest Samuel Makower F.S.A. (1876-1946), of Holmwood, Binfield Heath, Henley, a trustee of the London Museum, then to his widow,
Rachel Makower (d.1960),
The late Mrs. R. Makower; Sotheby's, London, 16 March 1961, lot 100.
Mrs. R. M. Robertson, Cambridge, Ontario, Canada,
The Robertson Collection; Christie's, New York, 27 October 1987, lot 446.
Anonymous sale; Christie's, London, 12 July 1995, lot 135.
Exhibited
London, 25 Park Lane, W.1., The Loan Exhibition of Old English Plate, 1929, no. 94, pl. XIX, lent by E. S. Makower Esq.
Special notice
This lot has been imported from outside of the UK for sale and placed under the Temporary Admission regime. Import VAT is payable at 5% on the hammer price. VAT at 20% will be added to the buyer’s premium but will not be shown separately on our invoice.
| Applied technique: | Metalwork |
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| Medium: | Silver |
| Place of origin: | Northern Europe, Europe, United Kingdom |
| Category: | Pot hooks |
| Auction house category: | All other types of objects |
| Applied technique: | Metalwork |
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| Medium: | Silver |
| Place of origin: | Northern Europe, Europe, United Kingdom |
| Category: | Pot hooks |
| Auction house category: | All other types of objects |
| Address of auction |
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