AN ELIZABETH I SILVER-GILT-MOUNTED TIGERWARE JUG

Lot 4
06.02.2025 00:00UTC -05:00
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AuctioneerCHRISTIE'S
Event locationUSA, New York
ID 1360305
Lot 4 | AN ELIZABETH I SILVER-GILT-MOUNTED TIGERWARE JUG
Estimate value
$ 20 000 – 30 000
AN ELIZABETH I SILVER-GILT-MOUNTED TIGERWARE JUG
MAKER'S MARK IC, AN EAGLE'S HEAD BETWEEN, PROBABLY FOR JOHN CHALLCOMBE, LONDON, 1566
The body of typical baluster-form, the foot mount with egg-and-dart, dentilated and cut stiff-foliate bands, applied at the rim with a band engraved with arabesque panels between interlaced strapwork, the top of the handle prick engraved with the initials WC and and surmounted by a cast thumbpiece formed as two entwined oak sprays, the hinged domed cover chased with a band of fruit with strapwork panels between and surmounted by the cast finial of a griffin holding an escutcheon, fully marked on rim mount, cover with maker's mark, lion passant and date letter, the base with traces of marks with scratch weight 7 oz. 1/2 dt.
9 in. (22.8 cm.) high




Provenance

Acquired from Spink & Son, London, 16 June 1969.



Literature

T. Schroder, Renaissance and Baroque Silver, Mounted Porcelain and Ruby Glass from the Zilkha Collection, London, 2012, cat. no. 12, pp. 100-101.
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