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A PAIR OF CHARLES II SILVER-GILT FRUIT DISHES

Lot 38
06.02.2025 00:00UTC -05:00
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$ 18 900
AuctioneerCHRISTIE'S
Event locationUSA, New York
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ID 1360239
Lot 38 | A PAIR OF CHARLES II SILVER-GILT FRUIT DISHES
Estimate value
$ 15 000 – 25 000
A PAIR OF CHARLES II SILVER-GILT FRUIT DISHES
MAKER'S MARK WH A STAR ABOVE AND THREE RINGS AND A ROSETTE BELOW, PROBABLY LONDON, CIRCA 1670
Shaped circular, the surfaces with sweeping lobes chased with an outer ring of flowers and inner rings of later grape leaves and furled acanthus centered by a later engraved coat-of-arms under a strapwork mantle, on a low spreading circular foot, marked on rims with maker's mark only, twice to one, once to the other
14 ¾ in. (37.4 cm.) diameter
65 oz. 8 dwt. (2,033.9 gr.)
The coat-of-arms engraved on the present dishes are those of Tynte with another in pretence, probably Kemeys, foror Sir John Tynte, 2nd Baronet, Halswell, County Somerset (1683-1710), and his wife Jane Kemeys (1685-1747), daughter and heiress of Sir Charles Kemeys, 3rd Baronet of Cefn Mably, County Glamorgan, whom he married in 1704, however she was not an heiress during this marriage suggesting the arms are later representations of the union.




Provenance

Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, London, 22 November 1984, lot 36.



Literature

T. Schroder, Renaissance and Baroque Silver, Mounted Porcelain and Ruby Glass from the Zilkha Collection, London, 2012, cat. no. 35, pp. 170-171.
Applied technique:Metalwork
Medium:Silver
Place of origin:England, Northern Europe, Europe, United Kingdom
Category:Dishes and trays
Auction house category:All other types of objects, Plates & Dishes
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