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Marked by: David Willaume I (British, 1658–about 1741)
English (London)
1702–03
Medium/Technique
Silver (Britannia standard)
Dimensions
Overall: 6.5 x 29.3 cm (2 9/16 x 11 9/16 in.)
Weight: 38 oz 4dwt (1189 g)
Weight: 38 oz 4dwt (1189 g)
Credit Line
Gift of Alan and Simone Hartman and Harriet J. Bradbury Fund
Accession Number2001.25
CollectionsEurope
ClassificationsSilver
DescriptionCircular with tapered foot cast and chased with a band of gadrooning below a knopped stem. Center engraved with a coat of arms within a cartouche of scrolls, foliage, and fish scales with a leopard mask below.
Marks
The reverse struck with hallmarks (lion's head erased, Britannia, date letter for 1702-3) and with maker's mark of David Williaume I (Grimwade no. 3192).
InscriptionsEngraved arms of Wentworth, as borne by Thomas Wentworth, Baron Raby (1672-1739), who was created Earl of Strafford in 1711.
ProvenanceMade for Thomas Wentworth, Lord Raby, later Earl of Strafford (1672-1739). June 2, 1989, sold by an anonymous owner at S.J. Phillips Ltd., London, lot 179, where most probably bought by Alan and Simone Hartman, New York, NY; 2001, gift of Alan and Simone Hartman. (Accession date: February 21, 2001)