Two Similar Charles II Silver Casters, Maker's Mark RB or BB Above a Heart and Francis Garthorne, London, 1675 and Circa
Estimate
3,000 - 5,000 USD
Lot Details
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Two Similar Charles II Silver Casters, Maker's Mark RB or BB Above a Heart and Francis Garthorne, London, 1675 and Circa
Each cylindrical with corded borders, the domed covers with bayonet fittings and pierced with quatrefoils, the baluster finials above cut card-work, engraved with matching arms, the 1675 example with block initials C/IE on base, that one marked on body and cover, the other marked on flange with maker's mark and leopard's head only.
10.3 oz
322 g
heights 5 ¼ in.
13.3 cm
Property of A Lady [Mrs. M.A. Hussein, 85-88 Eaton Square, SW1], sold;
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);
Partridge Fine Art Ltd, London;
The Collection of Lord & Lady Weinstock, sold;
Christie's, London, 22 November, 2022, lot 154;
Where acquired by the present collector.
The arms are those of Norton impaling another.
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