A CHARLES II SILVER-GILT FLAGON, FRANCIS WALTON, LONDON, 1663 |

plain cylindrical form with flat-domed cover, x-form tumbpiece, on a spreading circular foot, engraved with a coat-of-arms, in a later fitted wooden case with label inscribed in ink Property of Mr Richard Gibson, 1948

The Property of a Nobleman, Sotheby's, London, 8 April 1948, lot 154

Good clear marks to cover and body. Very nice crisp coat of arms. Gilding of good colour. Nice gauge. Very nice condition. The case a little tired with one hinge broken.
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The arms are those of Cholmondeley with Cradock in pretence for Robert Cholmondeley, 1st Viscount Cholmondeley of Kells, co. Meath (of the second creation), who was the nephew and heir of Robert Cholmondeley, 1st Viscount Cholmondeley of Kells, co. Meath (of the first creation) (1584-1659). The latter was created Earl of Leinster in 1646 and died without legitimate issue. The younger Robert Cholmondeley, son and heir of Hugh Cholmondeley (d. 1655) by Mary, daughter of Sir John Bodvile of Bodvile Castle, Caernarvonshire, who became head of the family upon is uncle’s death, was elevated to the peerage as 1st Viscount Cholmondeley of Kells, co. Meath (of the second creation) on 29 March 1661. He married Elizabeth (d. 1692), second daughter and coheir of George Cradock of Caverswall Castle, Staffordshire by Dorothy, daughter of the Rev. John Saunders, Provost of Oriel College, Oxford. He died at his house near St. James’s, Westminster on 22 May 1681.