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Reference: S11545
Period: Charles II
Year: 1681
Silversmith: Thomas Cooper
Place: London
Price: $ 2 750.00
Weight: 224 grams
Dimensions: 11 cm diameter, 7.8 cm height
Condition: Overall good, one small 5mm split to rim, 2 smaller 3 mm splits near each handle. Original prick engraving faint, polished out over time or an attempt to remove. No repair to original handles.
Description: A Charles II Restoration period silver porringer, made by Thomas Cooper in 1681. The porringer is the traditional shape and size (noticeably larger than later examples), the lower portion is embossed with acanthus leaf decoration, which only started to appear in 1680, this replaced the bold Stuart flowers which were popular 1660-1680. The porringer has straight sides, replacing the earlier more bulbous shape of 1660-1680. The porringer has traditional cast caryatid scroll handles, with faces on both sides, and beading along the edge for improved grip. This type of handle is usually seen in the 1665-1680 period, when they were replaced with plainer scroll handles, this type of handle is not often seen with acanthus decoration (Waldron, Price Guide to Antique Silver, pages 168-169). One side of the porringer is faintly prick engraved with original owners initials F over WA, with central flower and surrounded by scrolls, this has been polished out and is only visible in certain light. The porringer has 4 original hallmarks on the base, the makers mark TC below fish, above device, in shaped shield is for Thomas Cooper, who was freed in 1668, he was a substantial plateworker who had 6 apprentices over his career. This mark is identified by David Mitchell in his book "Silversmiths in Elizabethan and Stuart England, 2017, page 514, his surviving work includes tankards, mugs and a chalice. Date letter d in Gothic script has slight wear on one side, but clearly identifiable as 1681, the lion passant and crowned leopards head are also clear but with slight wear. The porringer has 3 additional hallmarks struck later of a swan in oval punch, one on the base and one each on both handles, these are all clearly struck. This is a French silver import mark used between 1893 and 1970, showing required fineness but unknown origin, so we know this porringer spent time in France.
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