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AN ELIZABETH I SILVER TAZZA LONDON, 1571, MAKER'S MARK INDISTINCT On plain domed foot stamped with an egg-and-dart border, the baluster stem with strapwork framing a central laurel wreath, the shallow bowl engraved with two bands of foliate strapwork and embossed in centre with a helmeted male bust, engraved on the outside with inscription 'Non domun Sed donatorem' and merchant's mark with date 1621, marked on bowl and under foot 5 in. (12.7 cm.) high 12 oz. 2 dwt. (377 gr.) Provenance George Weare Braikenridge (1775-1856), Broomwell House, Brislington, near Bristol, by descent to his son, The Rev. George Weare Braikenridge (1815-1882), by descent to brother, William Jerdone Braikenridge (1818-1907), The Braikenridge Collection of Mediaeval Works of Art; Christie's, London, 27 February 1908, lot 53 (£400 to Crichtons). With Crichton Brothers, London, 1908. Arthur Stanley Marsden Smedley (1869-1943), Gablehurst, Branksome Park, Bournemouth. Anonymous sale [A. S. Marsden Smedley]; Christie's, London, 13 June 1918, lot 84 (unsold). Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, London, 8 July 1936, lot 145 (£860 to Comyns). With William Comyns, London, 1936. The Wanamaker Family, Philadelphia. The Rosenbach Company, Philadelphia. Lessing Julius Rosenwald (1891-1979). A Philadelphia Private Collection; Sotheby's, New York, 6 April 1989, lot 248. Anonymous sale, Christie's, London, 25 November 2003, lot 336.