Lot 47
A Rare English Silver-Mounted Hunting HangerThird Quarter Of The 17th Century, Silver Maker's Mark Of William Badcock
24 November 2021, 10:30 GMT
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Third Quarter Of The 17th Century, Silver Maker's Mark Of William Badcock
Third Quarter Of The 17th Century, Silver Maker's Mark Of William Badcock
With slightly curved blade (some old pitting) double-edged towards the point and stamped with bladesmith's mark, a male profile bust in an oval, on both sides of the forte, hilt comprising recurved quillons punched with scales and each with double dog-head terminal in the round, pommel formed as a bear's head, and natural staghorn grip with silver basal ferrule punched and chased with foliage
45 cm. blade
45 cm. blade
Footnotes
Literature
Leslie Southwick, London Silver-hilted Swords..., 2001, p. 276, pl. 17 (right) and p. 38, fig. 2 for what is thought to be his marks stamped on the copper mark-plate at Goldsmiths' Hall, in use between 1682 and 1697
William Badcock (?1630s-1698) was apprenticed to and made free of Ann Simmons of the Longbowstringmakers' Company in 1656. He was elected Upper Warden (effectively Master) in 1669 and between 1673 and 1685 his name appears regularly in the records of the Goldsmiths' and Cutlers' Companies. For a full account of his career see Leslie Southwick, idem, pp. 35-39