D in script (J. p. 139)
A Pair of Charles II Antique English Silver Octagonal Scent Flasks, c. 1680
Height: 6.5 in.
Weight: 27 oz. 14 dwt.
London
H0420
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Mark possibly for Isaac Dighton. Each rectangular with cut corners, engraved throughout in the Chinoiserie taste with figures in architectural ruins surrounded by exotic foliage and fantastical birds, with screw-off...
Mark possibly for Isaac Dighton.
Each rectangular with cut corners, engraved throughout in the Chinoiserie taste with figures in architectural ruins surrounded by exotic foliage and fantastical birds, with screw-off domed covers and removable pierced stoppers, stamped with maker's mark only.
Provenance:
The Collection of the Late Sir John Prestige; Sotheby's, London, 17 April 1989, lot 307.
The Jaime Ortiz-Patiño Collection: English 17th Century Chinoiserie Silver; Sotheby's, New York, 21 May 1992, lot 153.
Literature:
David M. Mitchell, “Silversmiths in Elizabethan and Stuart London: Their Lives and Their Marks”, Suffolk, 2017, pp. 266-267.
Each rectangular with cut corners, engraved throughout in the Chinoiserie taste with figures in architectural ruins surrounded by exotic foliage and fantastical birds, with screw-off domed covers and removable pierced stoppers, stamped with maker's mark only.
Provenance:
The Collection of the Late Sir John Prestige; Sotheby's, London, 17 April 1989, lot 307.
The Jaime Ortiz-Patiño Collection: English 17th Century Chinoiserie Silver; Sotheby's, New York, 21 May 1992, lot 153.
Literature:
David M. Mitchell, “Silversmiths in Elizabethan and Stuart London: Their Lives and Their Marks”, Suffolk, 2017, pp. 266-267.