Live Auction 16828The Collector: Silver, 19th Century Furniture, Sculpture, Works of Art, Ceramics & Carpets
A CHARLES II SILVER TANKARD
Lot 227 PROPERTY FROM A DISTINGUISHED NEW ENGLAND COLLECTION

A CHARLES II SILVER TANKARD

LONDON, 1674, MAKER'S MARK SR, CINQUEFOIL BELOW, PROBABLY FOR SIMON ROMNEY

Closed10 April 2018

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A CHARLES II SILVER TANKARD
LONDON, 1674, MAKER'S MARK SR, CINQUEFOIL BELOW, PROBABLY FOR SIMON ROMNEY
Tapering cylindrical, the front later engraved with a coat-of-arms flanked by scrolling acanthus, the underside of the cover engraved near hinge Fecit / 1674, marked right of handle, on cover and with maker's mark only on handle
5 7/8 in. (14.8 cm.) high; 17 oz. 14 dwt. (552 gr.)

Specialist note

The present mark, recorded by I. Pickford (Jackson’s Goldsmiths and Their Marks, Woodbridge, 1989) on page 129, line 15, has been attributed to Simon Romney by Dr David Mitchell in his new work Silversmiths in Elizabethan and Stuart London Their Marks and Their Lives, Woodbridge, 2017, pp. 496-497. Romney became free in 1662, having been baptised in Knightwick, Worcestershire in April 1640, and being appointed to the Livery in 1674. Mitchell suggests that besides having an active workshop he also ran a retail operation. He was known for producing a variety of forms including six recorded tankards (Mitchell, op. cit., p. 496).