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Silversmith: IH
Silver; two-handled porringer and cover with wide borders of chased acanthus leaves
Silver, raised, with cast handles, and embossed and chased decoration. The circular bowl is slightly everted at the rim, and has two cast scroll handles with beaded edge and female head thumbpieces. The bowl stands on a low splayed foot with a flat foot-ring. The lower part of the bowl is embossed and chased with a broad border of acanthus and stiff leaves, and is engraved with the arms, gules two lions passant guardant in pale argent with a rose above, on an oval surrounded by foliated scrolls, and having at the top a female mask with a panache of feathers on its head. The slightly domed cover is similarly decorated and has a knop formed from four leaves.
History note: The arms may be those of Haldon, Jamare, L'Estrange or De La Mare
History note: Mrs Riches had use of the bequest for her lifetime
T.H. Riches Bequest, 1935
Height: 13.5 cm
Height: 5¼ in
Width: 17 cm
Width: 6¾ in
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1935) by Riches, Thomas Henry
Charles II
17th Century, Late
1680
CE
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1681
CE
Armorials
Bowl
Cover
Decoration
Foot
Inscription present: leopard's head
Inscription present: lion passant
Inscription present: 'IH' over a fleur-de-lys between two pellets
Accession number: M.4 & A-1950
Primary reference Number: 140596
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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The Fitzwilliam Museum (2024) "Porringer" Web page available at: https://collection.beta.fitz.ms/id/object/140596 Accessed: 2024-04-20 01:29:56
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