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Lot 1006 Dα

An important Charles II London silver tazza

Auction 1117 - overview Cologne
16.11.2018, 15:00 - Treasures from a Lower Saxon Collection
Estimate: 40.000 € - 50.000 €
Result: 90.520 € (incl. premium)
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An important Charles II London silver tazza

The round, domed foot with finely embossed garlands of fruit between three oval reserves with amoretti. The broad rim of the bowl with corresponding decor around four reserves with finely wrought depictions of Venus, Iris, Pluto, and Neptune in landscape. The center depicting Alexander the Great meeting with King Poros of India. Diameter 42; H 12 cm, weight 2,145 g.
Marks of Master with WF, 1683.

This maker's mark might be a variation of that of William Fowles, who settled in London in 1681 after training under Arthur Manwaring and specialised in toilette services (cf. Mitchell, Dressing Plate by the 'Unknown' London Silversmith 'WF', The Burlington Magazine, vol. 135, no. 1083, 1993, p. 386 ff.).

Provenance

Former collection of Viscount Rothermere, auctioned by Christie's London, 3rd December 1941, lot 108; auctioned by Christie's Geneva, 14th November 1978, lot 191.

Literature

Cf. a tazza by this maker in: William Fowle (1658-1684) in the so-called Calverley toilette service, now in the Victoria and Albert Museum, London (240B-1879).