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拍品 199
A COMMONWEALTH SILVER SMALL TANKARD
LONDON, 1651, MAKER'S MARK HW WITH MULLET BELOW, PROBABLY ATTRIBUTED TO HENRY WHITTINGHAM
已結束2023年7月7日
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GBP 11,340
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HENRY WHITTINGHAM
Recent research by Dr. David Mitchell, op. cit., p. 335 attributes this mark to Henry Whittingham, the son of Gowan Whittingham of Tottenham High Cross, Middlesex. A plate worker, he was apprenticed to Thomas Francis in 1630, becoming free by service in 1638. He is listed in the Goldsmiths' Company's record for a number of infringements, however, he was one of the forty goldsmiths who volunteered to wait upon Thomas Vyner (1588–1665) when he was installed as Lord Mayor in 1653. He took on five apprentices of his own, one of whom, Richard Neale, became one of the leading plate works of his time. Mitchell lists eight pieces with his mark, including the present lot, with dates ranging from 1646 to 1661.