Spetchley - Property from the Berkeley Collection
Spetchley - Property from the Berkeley Collection
A LARGE CHARLES II SILVER FLAGON, MAKER'S MARK S BELOW A CROWN, ATTRIBUTED TO ROBERT SMYTHIER (OR SMITHYER), LONDON, CIRCA 1670
Auction Closed
December 11, 04:05 PM GMT
Estimate
15,000 - 25,000 GBP
Lot Details
Description
A LARGE CHARLES II SILVER FLAGON, MAKER'S MARK S BELOW A CROWN, ATTRIBUTED TO ROBERT SMYTHIER (OR SMITHYER), LONDON, CIRCA 1670
of cylindrical form on a skirting foot, hollow scroll handle and hinged domed cover, the bracket thumbpiece pierced with a heart, the body engraved with the Berkeley coat-of-arms within foliate mantling
36.5cm., 14¼in. high
2685gr., 86oz.
Probably Sir Rowland Berkeley Kt., of Cotheridge (1613-1696) and thence by descent to;
R. B. Berkeley Esq., of Cotheridge Court, Worcester; Christie's London, 17 June 1929, lot 35 (£380 to Tessiers);
Mrs. R. Makower, Sotheby's London, 16 March 1961, lot 137 (£1,200 to Hamel);
Donald S. Morrison, Sotheby's, New York, 13 December 1984, lot 151;
The Property of a Gentleman, Christie's, London, 22 November 2000, lot 187
Antiques Magazine, May 1964
Princeton University Art Museum, English Silver, Princeton, New Jersey, 1966, no. 4
The Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, New York, on loan 1962-1984, no. L.62.1.3