A JAMES I SILVER-GILT STEEPLE CUP LONDON, 1611, MAKER'S MARK TF IN MONOGRAM PROBABLY FOR THOMAS FRANCIS On spreading circular base stamped with egg-and-dart border and chased with large acanthus leaves on matted ground, the baluster stem with foliate calyx, the flaring bowl embossed on the lower part with fluted lobes and chased with large flowers interspaced with festoon on matted ground, the corresponding detachable domed cover applied with openwork steeple raised on three scroll brackets, and with baluster finial, engraved in a shield on bowl with B over RA, marked on bowl and on cover 14 ¼ in. (36.2 cm.) high 15 oz. 14 dwt. (489 gr.) Provenance Harold Harmsworth, 1st Viscount Rothermere (1868-1940), newspaper proprietor and collector, circa 1920, by descent to his son, Esmond Harmsworth, 2nd Viscount Rothermere (1898-1978), newspaper proprietor and politician, then to his third wife, Mary, Viscountess Rothermere (1930-1993), daughter of Kenneth Murchison of Texas, The Estate of Mary, Viscountess Rotheremere; Christie's, New York, 14 April, 1994, lot 530. With Partridge Fine Arts, London, 1994. A Belgian Private Collection. With S. J. Shrubsole, New York, 2017.
A JAMES I SILVER-GILT STEEPLE CUP LONDON, 1611, MAKER'S MARK TF IN MONOGRAM PROBABLY FOR THOMAS FRANCIS On spreading circular base stamped with egg-and-dart border and chased with large acanthus leaves on matted ground, the baluster stem with foliate calyx, the flaring bowl embossed on the lower part with fluted lobes and chased with large flowers interspaced with festoon on matted ground, the corresponding detachable domed cover applied with openwork steeple raised on three scroll brackets, and with baluster finial, engraved in a shield on bowl with B over RA, marked on bowl and on cover 14 ¼ in. (36.2 cm.) high 15 oz. 14 dwt. (489 gr.) Provenance Harold Harmsworth, 1st Viscount Rothermere (1868-1940), newspaper proprietor and collector, circa 1920, by descent to his son, Esmond Harmsworth, 2nd Viscount Rothermere (1898-1978), newspaper proprietor and politician, then to his third wife, Mary, Viscountess Rothermere (1930-1993), daughter of Kenneth Murchison of Texas, The Estate of Mary, Viscountess Rotheremere; Christie's, New York, 14 April, 1994, lot 530. With Partridge Fine Arts, London, 1994. A Belgian Private Collection. With S. J. Shrubsole, New York, 2017.
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