A PAIR OF ELIZABETH I SILVER DISHES FROM THE 'ARMADA' SERVICE LONDON, 1600 AND 1601, MAKER'S MARK TE IN MONOGRAM WITH PELLET BELOW, PROBABLY FOR THOMAS ELLIS Plain circular with deep well and domed centre, the flat rim with moulded and reeded border, engraved with coat-of-arms, marked on rims 8 ¼ in. (21 cm.) diam. 9 oz. 10 dwt. (297 gr.) and 10 oz. 8 dwt. (324 gr.) The arms on one are those of Harris quartering Trecarrel impaling Sydenham and on the other Harris above Trecarrel impaling Sydenham, for Sir Christopher Harris Kt. (b.c.1553-1625) of Radford, Devon and his second wife, Mary Sydenham, whom he married after 1598. The arms of Trecarrel are those of Sir Christopher's mother, Catherine Trecarrel daughter of Henry Trecarrel, of Trecarrel, Cornwall. Provenance Sir Christopher Harris Kt. (c.1553-1625) of Radford, Plymouth, by descent to his great-nephew, John Harris (1596-1648) of Lanrest, Cornwall and Radford, Plymouth. Buried at Brixton, near Plymouth between February 1645 and Spring 1648. Unearthed in December 1827 by labourers of the estate of Thomas Splatt, of Brixton House, Devon, Returned to John Harris of Radford, Devon (1760-1837), presumably then by descent, Anonymous sale; Lawrences, Crewkerne, 15 October 2009, lot 1890. With Alastair Dickenson, London, 2007.
A PAIR OF ELIZABETH I SILVER DISHES FROM THE 'ARMADA' SERVICE LONDON, 1600 AND 1601, MAKER'S MARK TE IN MONOGRAM WITH PELLET BELOW, PROBABLY FOR THOMAS ELLIS Plain circular with deep well and domed centre, the flat rim with moulded and reeded border, engraved with coat-of-arms, marked on rims 8 ¼ in. (21 cm.) diam. 9 oz. 10 dwt. (297 gr.) and 10 oz. 8 dwt. (324 gr.) The arms on one are those of Harris quartering Trecarrel impaling Sydenham and on the other Harris above Trecarrel impaling Sydenham, for Sir Christopher Harris Kt. (b.c.1553-1625) of Radford, Devon and his second wife, Mary Sydenham, whom he married after 1598. The arms of Trecarrel are those of Sir Christopher's mother, Catherine Trecarrel daughter of Henry Trecarrel, of Trecarrel, Cornwall. Provenance Sir Christopher Harris Kt. (c.1553-1625) of Radford, Plymouth, by descent to his great-nephew, John Harris (1596-1648) of Lanrest, Cornwall and Radford, Plymouth. Buried at Brixton, near Plymouth between February 1645 and Spring 1648. Unearthed in December 1827 by labourers of the estate of Thomas Splatt, of Brixton House, Devon, Returned to John Harris of Radford, Devon (1760-1837), presumably then by descent, Anonymous sale; Lawrences, Crewkerne, 15 October 2009, lot 1890. With Alastair Dickenson, London, 2007.
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