Live Auction 5987Christie's Interiors - Masters and Makers
A QUEEN ANNE SILVER TANKARD
Lot 83

A QUEEN ANNE SILVER TANKARD

MARK OF JOHN PORTER, LONDON, 1704

Closed21 September 2010

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GBP 2,250

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A QUEEN ANNE SILVER TANKARD
MARK OF JOHN PORTER, LONDON, 1704
The part-fluted sides centred by an oval crested cartouche surrounded by chased scrolls and fish-scale decoration, foliate motifs stamped above the fluting and on either side of the rope-work border, the cover with rayed fluting and a central rosette, scroll thumb-piece, the underside engraved with scratch-weight 24=16 and later engraved A.D. 1704 T.M.S. A.D. 1899
7 7/8 in. (20 cm.) high
24 oz. (744 gr.)

With H. Perovetz Ltd., London.

Specialist note

Grimwade attributes this mark (No. 3751) to John Porter, the object bearing the mark was a tankard of 1698 (Arthur G. Grimwade, London Goldsmiths 1697 - 1837 Their Marks and Lives, London, Third Edition, 1990).