Ellis Finch
Head of Knightsbridge Silver Department
Lot 60
A James I silver shell-form spice or sugar box maker's mark two staves in saltire between the initials 'B T', (see revised Jackson p.107), London 1611
25 October 2017, 14:00 BST
London, New Bond Street£40,000 - £60,000
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A James I silver shell-form spice or sugar box
maker's mark two staves in saltire between the initials 'B T', (see revised Jackson p.107), London 1611
The hinged cover realistically chased as a scallop shell backed by rippling water and two shells, the body with plain sides, the cover and base with ovolo borders, with four snail feet, length under the base 13.7cm, weight 10.3oz.
The hinged cover realistically chased as a scallop shell backed by rippling water and two shells, the body with plain sides, the cover and base with ovolo borders, with four snail feet, length under the base 13.7cm, weight 10.3oz.
Footnotes
The above lot has been on public display in the silver galleries at the Victoria and Albert Museum since 1974.
Provenance
A wedding present to Sir Godfrey Nicholson, Bt and his wife, Lady Katharine (the fifth daughter of the 27th Earl of Crawford) married 1936, and thence by decent to their daughter, Baroness Emma Nicholson of Winterbourne.
A similar shell-form spice box on snail feet, by the same maker, 1609, was sold from the collection of the late Charles L Poor, Sotheby's New York, 26 October 2005, lot 136; another similar box, of the same maker and date was exhibited in the Fogg Art Museum, Harvard University, Cambridge Massachusetts, USA; another similar example also by the same maker, 1612, was in the collection of Mrs Winston F Guest, and sold at Sotheby's New York, 17 June 1981, lot 55.
Other examples, with the maker's mark TI are noted, including an example sold in these rooms, 30 June 2010, lot 260, with scalloped feet.
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