A large William III sterling silver twin handled porringer and cover, London 1695 by William Keate (free 1689) Of circular form with a rounded base upon a gently spreading circular foot, with cast and applied C scroll handles with ribbed decoration. The body with half-spiral fluting with a border above of repeating leaf stamp work above matted lunettes. The domed pull off cover with spirally fluted band, surmounted by a spool knop atop of spiral fluting with similar stamp work as to the body. The upper section of body with engraved coat of arms within a scroll work and laurel leaf mantling. Fully marked to shoulder and to inside of lid. Length – 23.5 cm / 9 inches Height – 19 cm / 7.5 inches Weight – 882 grams / 28.36 ozt The arms are for Wood This mark Mitchell, D., Silversmiths in Elizabethan and Stuart London: their lives and their marks, Woodbridge: Boydell Press, 2017, P.585. Attributed by Sir Charles Jackson. Keate was the son of William Keate of Reading, a labourer, and was apprenticed to plateworker John Spackman for eight years form the 30th November 1681. He subsequently registered Britannia standard marks during the period of it’s enforced use 1697-1720. His address was given as Foster Lane in 1697 when he signed the Declaration of Loyalty to William III. He was elected to the livery in 1705 and appears to have died sometime before 1735. This porringer and cover bears much stylistic similarity to a later Queen Anne porringer and cover of 1711 by Keate (offered Bonham’s Knightsbridge, 8 June 2004, Lot 441), including a stamp work leaf border above the half fluting to the lower body. Other 17th century silver by Keate: An alms dish of 1690 (Worcester Cathedral) A pair of Flagons of 1693 (Jackson 1983) A porringer with one ear of 1694 (Christie’s 2004) A tazza of 1694 sold Christie’s London, 9 July 1997, Lot 166 (£4,830 incl. pemium) A twin handled cup of 1695 (Messrs Garrard, Jackson 1921) A twin handled cup of 1696 (Jackson 1989) A tankard of 1698, sold Sotheby’s New York, 30th April 2003, Lot 282 ($6,000 incl. premium) A mug of 1698, sold as a part lot Sotheby’s Olympia, 13 April 2006, Lot 344
A large William III sterling silver twin handled porringer and cover, London 1695 by William Keate (free 1689) Of circular form with a rounded base upon a gently spreading circular foot, with cast and applied C scroll handles with ribbed decoration. The body with half-spiral fluting with a border above of repeating leaf stamp work above matted lunettes. The domed pull off cover with spirally fluted band, surmounted by a spool knop atop of spiral fluting with similar stamp work as to the body. The upper section of body with engraved coat of arms within a scroll work and laurel leaf mantling. Fully marked to shoulder and to inside of lid. Length – 23.5 cm / 9 inches Height – 19 cm / 7.5 inches Weight – 882 grams / 28.36 ozt The arms are for Wood This mark Mitchell, D., Silversmiths in Elizabethan and Stuart London: their lives and their marks, Woodbridge: Boydell Press, 2017, P.585. Attributed by Sir Charles Jackson. Keate was the son of William Keate of Reading, a labourer, and was apprenticed to plateworker John Spackman for eight years form the 30th November 1681. He subsequently registered Britannia standard marks during the period of it’s enforced use 1697-1720. His address was given as Foster Lane in 1697 when he signed the Declaration of Loyalty to William III. He was elected to the livery in 1705 and appears to have died sometime before 1735. This porringer and cover bears much stylistic similarity to a later Queen Anne porringer and cover of 1711 by Keate (offered Bonham’s Knightsbridge, 8 June 2004, Lot 441), including a stamp work leaf border above the half fluting to the lower body. Other 17th century silver by Keate: An alms dish of 1690 (Worcester Cathedral) A pair of Flagons of 1693 (Jackson 1983) A porringer with one ear of 1694 (Christie’s 2004) A tazza of 1694 sold Christie’s London, 9 July 1997, Lot 166 (£4,830 incl. pemium) A twin handled cup of 1695 (Messrs Garrard, Jackson 1921) A twin handled cup of 1696 (Jackson 1989) A tankard of 1698, sold Sotheby’s New York, 30th April 2003, Lot 282 ($6,000 incl. premium) A mug of 1698, sold as a part lot Sotheby’s Olympia, 13 April 2006, Lot 344
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