AN ELIZABETH I SILVER-GILT STANDING SALT LONDON, 1589 AND 1591, MAKER'S MARK AS A FLOWER BETWEEN PROBABLY FOR AUGUSTINE SODAYE (TAYLOR) On domed base stamped with an egg-and-dart border and embossed with panels of flowers centred by a rosette, the cylindrical body embossed with strapwork and flowers framing lion masks, the salt bowl engraved with geometric motifs, the corresponding detachable domed cover stamped on the bezel with grotesques ornament and centred by a spool-shaped finial applied with four scroll brackets and surmounted by a Roman soldier with spear and vacant shield, marked in bowl and on cover, with later fitted case 7 7/8 in. (20 cm.) high 7 oz. 4 dwt. (224 gr.) Provenance A Gentleman; Christie's, London, 29 November 1972, lot 106. Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, London, 18 June 1981, lot 133. With Brand Inglis, London, 1994.
AN ELIZABETH I SILVER-GILT STANDING SALT LONDON, 1589 AND 1591, MAKER'S MARK AS A FLOWER BETWEEN PROBABLY FOR AUGUSTINE SODAYE (TAYLOR) On domed base stamped with an egg-and-dart border and embossed with panels of flowers centred by a rosette, the cylindrical body embossed with strapwork and flowers framing lion masks, the salt bowl engraved with geometric motifs, the corresponding detachable domed cover stamped on the bezel with grotesques ornament and centred by a spool-shaped finial applied with four scroll brackets and surmounted by a Roman soldier with spear and vacant shield, marked in bowl and on cover, with later fitted case 7 7/8 in. (20 cm.) high 7 oz. 4 dwt. (224 gr.) Provenance A Gentleman; Christie's, London, 29 November 1972, lot 106. Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, London, 18 June 1981, lot 133. With Brand Inglis, London, 1994.
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