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A Rare Charles II Antique English Silver-Gilt Tea Bowl, 1684
Diameter: 3.75 in. (9.53 cm.)
Weight: 1 oz. 15 dwt.
London
H0240
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On collet foot, engraved with a wide band of birds amidst scrolling foliage. This is perhaps the second earliest English silver teacup known, made just after a chinoiserie example dated...
On collet foot, engraved with a wide band of birds amidst scrolling foliage.
This is perhaps the second earliest English silver teacup known, made just after a chinoiserie example dated 1683.
Provenance:
The Lipton Tea Company, Hoboken, NJ since the 1950s
Christie's, London, 21 May 1952, lot 155, Property of Dr. J. Law Adam of Far End, France Hill Drive, Camberley
Literature:
The Collector’s Dictionary of the Silver and Gold of Great Britain and North America by M. Clayton, p. 409
Exhibitions:
An Exhibition of the Lipton Collection of Antique English Silver, Henry Huntington Library and Art Gallery, San Marino, CA, Jan-Feb. 1956,p. 49, no. 86, but with maker listed as IC
The Lipton Collection: Antique English Silver Designed for the Serving of Tea, The Dayton Art Institute, Oct. 1958, no 86 (ill)
The Lipton Collection, The Portland Museum of Art, Feb-March, 1954, no. 87 (illustrated)
This is perhaps the second earliest English silver teacup known, made just after a chinoiserie example dated 1683.
Provenance:
The Lipton Tea Company, Hoboken, NJ since the 1950s
Christie's, London, 21 May 1952, lot 155, Property of Dr. J. Law Adam of Far End, France Hill Drive, Camberley
Literature:
The Collector’s Dictionary of the Silver and Gold of Great Britain and North America by M. Clayton, p. 409
Exhibitions:
An Exhibition of the Lipton Collection of Antique English Silver, Henry Huntington Library and Art Gallery, San Marino, CA, Jan-Feb. 1956,p. 49, no. 86, but with maker listed as IC
The Lipton Collection: Antique English Silver Designed for the Serving of Tea, The Dayton Art Institute, Oct. 1958, no 86 (ill)
The Lipton Collection, The Portland Museum of Art, Feb-March, 1954, no. 87 (illustrated)