Pre 1740

1661
Richard Farmer
9659 Charles II Silver Charger
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A rare antique silver dish dating from Charles II period having the high relief embossing of animals, flowers and foliage, typical of the period. The quality of the decoration is excellent and the animals (lion, dog, stag and deer) are very charming. Weight 1172 grams, 31.1 troy ounces. Scratchweight 38=14. Diameter 41cm. London 1661. Maker “RF”, probably Richard Farmer (page 122 Jacksons Silver and Gold Marks”. Sterling silver.
1663
Thomas Hughes
9350 Antique Charles II Pillar Candlestick
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An extremely rare early English silver candlestick from the reign of Charles II. It has a triple pillar column and square stepped base, all with a silver gilt finish. The base is engraved with two contemporary armorials and the motto “Manus Iusta Mardus” for the Maynard family*. Weight 638 grams, 20.5 troy ounces. Height 23.3cm. base 18.3cm square. Stamped underneath in three corners for London 1663. Maker possibly Thomas Hughes* (courtesy of Dr David Mitchell’s “Silversmiths in Elizabethan and Stuart London”). Sterling silver.
1664
Henry Greenway
9244 Antique Charles II Silver Lidded Tankard
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An excellent example of early English silver. An antique sterling silver tankard with a hinged, flat top lid; the scroll handle with a decorative thumb piece. Good patina. The lovely plain design and hand beaten silver is very charming. To the front there is a hand engraved armorial within tied plumage, very typical of this date. Contains 1800 ml. Weight 934 grams, 30 troy ounces. Height 17.5 cm (to top of thumb piece). Spread 21.8 cm. Diameter 12.5 (top), 14 cm (base). Fully marked on lid and base, handle unmarked. London 1664. Maker Henry Greenway*.
1664

6134 Charles II Silver Plate
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A fine example of early English silver having excellent patina and very clear hallmarks to the front of the plate. Of plain, circular shape the plate has a wide border with chased reeded edge. There are prick mark initials to both sides and a date of 1665. Weight 334 grams, 10.7 troy ounces. Diameter 24.25 cms. London 1664. Makers mark “H” in a heart.
1664
Henry Greenway
7486 Early Charles II Silver Porringer
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A rare piece of early English antique silver. A compact size silver cup with serpent shaped side handles. The hand beaten finish is typical of this early date and is very appealing. Superb colour. The body is decorated all round with deep relief flowers and foliage, very florid, as you’d expect at this date. Weight 274 grams, 8.8 troy ounces. Diameter 10 cms. Height 9 cms. Spread 17 cms. London 1664. Very historic – this was made in the 5th year of Charles II reign after the restoration of the monarchy and 2 years before the Great Fire of London. Maker Henry Greenway
1665
William Goodwin
9117 Antique Charles II Miniature Silver Wine Taster
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A rare early English toy wine taster in sterling silver from the reign of Charles II. Very sweet size. This little cup has a circular form with simple wirework handles and an embossed leaf and flower design. Weight 13 grams. Height 1.5 cm approx. Diameter of top 5 cms. Spread across handles 7.6 cms. London 1665. Makers mark “W.G” (see Jacksons page 123*), possibly William Goodwin free 1654, died 1703 (attribution by Dr David Mitchell “Silversmiths in Elizabethan and Stuart London”).
1666

9705 Charles II Silver Wine Cup
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An impressive early English silver goblet dating to the reign of Charles II, nearly 350 years old and in very good condition. Plain tapering form on a shaped spreading foot. Large size. Good colour. Fully marked in a straight line just below the rim. Contains 650 ml. Weight 400 grams, 12.8 troy ounces. Height 22.5 cms. Diameter of top 11.1 cms. London 1666. Makers mark “TH” with an anchor, possibly Thomas Hughes, worked 1663-1678 (attribution by Dr David Mitchell in “Silversmiths in Elizabethan and Stuart London”). Sterling silver.
1666
Gowen Udall
10368 Charles II Antique Silver Porringer
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A magnificent piece of early English silver. A large 2 handled antique silver cup and cover with caryatid handles; the body decorated all round with deep relief flowers and foliage typical of this early date. The hand beaten finish is very appealing. The matching cover has a capstan shaped finial so that the lid can be turned upside down and used on its own as a saucer. The lid finial bears a large hand engraved armorial with a crest and motto; the crest is repeated to the front and reverse of the porringer body. The underside has a large presentation inscription dated 1666. Weight 603g, 19.3 troy oz. Spread across handles 20cm. Height 14.5cm (total), 11.2cm (top of handle), 10.5cm (top of body). Diameter 11.8cm. London 1666. Maker probably Gowen Udall – source David Mitchell’s “Silversmiths in Elizabethan and Stuart London”. Sterling silver.
1667
William Norman
9673 Charles II Gilt Silver Salver on Foot
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An outstanding piece of early English silver. A rare antique silver tazza, dating from Charles II period, having a plain form, thick gadroon borders, and a bright gilt finish. To the centre is a large, hand engraved coat of arms within a plumage feathers cartouche, very typical of the period. The quality of the piece is excellent and the finish is very crisp. Weight 1135 grams, 36.4 troy ounces. Diameter 33cm. Height 6.2cm. Sterling silver. London 1667. Maker “WN ”, probably William Norman* (courtesy of Dr David Mitchell’s “Silversmiths in Elizabethan and Stuart London”). Maker “WN ”, probably William Norman* (courtesy of Dr David Mitchell’s “Silversmiths in Elizabethan and Stuart London”). There is a gilt salver on foot by Norman in the Duke of Portland’s collection catalogued in 1935.
1668

8559 Charles II Silver Lidded Tankard
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A good early English silver flat top lidded tankard in sterling silver with a scroll handle having a decorative thumb piece. Good patina. Lovely plain design and hand beaten silver. The body is uninscribed. The handle has a set of hand engraved owners initials. Contains 1150 ml. Weight 641 grams, 20.6 troy ounces. Height 15.5 cms (to top of thumb piece). Spread 18.5. Diameter 11 (top), 12.5 cms (base). Fully marked on lid and base, makers mark on the handle. London 1668. Makers mark IS*.
1668

8850 Charles II Silver Lidded Tankard
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A good early English silver flat top lidded tankard in sterling silver with a scroll handle having a decorative thumb piece. Good patina. Large size. Lovely plain design and hand beaten silver. Uninscribed. Hand engraved at the top of the handle with owner’s initials; above the initials is the date “1777” in prick dots. Contains 1350 ml. Weight 905 grams, 29 troy ounces. Height 18.5 cms (to top of thumb piece). Spread 21 cms. Diameter 14 (top), 13.7 cms (base). Fully marked on lid and base, makers mark on the handle. London 1668. Makers mark AL*.
1668
George Day
6681 Charles II Silver Lidded Tankard
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A rare early English silver flat top lidded tankard in sterling silver with a scroll handle having a decorative thumb piece. An excellent example of early hand beaten silver with lots of character. Weight 1019 grams, 32.7 troy ounces. Height 19 cms (to top of thumb piece). Diameter 12 (inside top), 14 cms (base). London 1668. Maker GD (see Jacksons page 117), possibly George Day. Fully marked on lid and base, makers mark on the handle.
1669

8705 Charles II Silver Wine Taster
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A rare early English silver dish of circular shallow form with two simple side handles. Lovely design with fleur de lys and dots to the lower body and to the centre a large flower within a circle of punched dots. Weight 77 grams, 2.4 troy ounces. Height 3 cms (4 cms to top of handle). Diameter 9.4 cms. Spread across handles 18.5 cms. English silver hallmarks stamped around the edge for London 1669. Makers mark GS (Jacksons P.127 – see photo). Sterling silver.
1669 - 1673
Johann Balthasar Sedletzky
9068 Antique German Silver Casket
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A rare early Augsburg silver box of octagonal form with hinged lid and key. The silver is very thin gauge which is typical of early German silver and is heavily embossed with fruit and ribbon design. The base plate still has the original fasteners. Weight 266 grams, 8.5 troy ounces. Height 7.3 cms. Base 16.5 x 13.5 cms. Stamped on the edges and underneath with German silver marks for Augsburg. Makers mark IBS for Johann Balthasar Sedletzky. Circa 1669-73.
1669
Thomas King
7286 Charles II Silver Wine Taster
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A rare early English silver dish of circular shallow form with two wrythen side handles. Lovely simple design with a half fluted design to the lower body, bands of matting, and prick dot decoration. Weight 143 grams, 4.6 troy ounces. Height 3.5 cms. Diameter 13.5 cms. Spread across handles 18.5 cms. English silver hallmarks stamped around the edge for London 1669. Makers mark TK (Jacksons P.125), probably Thomas King* free 1657, died 1681.
1669
Gilbert Shepherd
7714 Charles II Silver Lidded Tankard
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A rare early English silver flat top lidded tankard in sterling silver with a scroll handle having a decorative thumb piece. Good patina and size. Lovely plain design and hand beaten silver. To the front is a stylised cartouche with an engraved crest of a bird and serpent. Contains 1500 ml. Weight 829 grams, 25.7 troy ounces. Height 18 cms (to top of thumb piece). Diameter 12 cms (top), 14 cms (of base). Fully marked on lid and base, makers mark on the handle. London 1669. Maker’s mark crozier between GS (attributed to Gilbert Shepherd) – see Jacksons page 123.
1670

8345 Charles II Antique Silver Porringer
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A rare early English silver porringer having 2 side handles and belly shape. Lovely original hand beaten finish. Good gauge silver. Excellent colour. Weight 313 grams, 10 troy ounces. Height 10 cm. Diameter 11 cm. Spread 17 cm. London 1670. Maker “A.L” with stars (see Jacksons page 128) – see photo. *It’s very rare for a mark of this period to have a name associated with it.
Circa 1670

8131 Charles II Miniature Silver Wine Taster
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A rare early English toy two-handled wine taster in sterling silver from the reign of Charles II. With a simple plain form and wirework handles. This little cup has an excellent patina and hammered finish. Contains 10 ml approx. Weight 12 grams. Height 2 cms. Diameter of top 4.5 cms. Spread across handles 6.7 cms. Marked underneath with the makers mark only “WH conjoined, mullet below”. Mark entered 1670 (see Jacksons page 130*).
Circa 1670
William Harrison
10343 Charles II Antique Silver Charger
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A rare antique silver rose water dish of substantial size dating from Charles II period. The high relief embossed decoration of flowers and foliage is typical of the time. Excellent quality. The centre is engraved with a large hand engraved armorial and crest. Weight 1258 g, 40.4 troy oz. Diameter 44.5cm. London circa 1670. Maker William Harrison. Sterling silver.
Circa 1671

8260 Antique Silver Snuff Mull
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A charming antique silver mounted horn snuff box having a rising lid with an elaborate silver strapwork hinge and a silver band around the top edge. Attractive waisted shape. Height 6 cms. Top measures 4 x 3.7 cms. Unmarked silver. Most probably Scottish. Underneath there is the incised date “1671” which is probably the original date.
1671

7771 Charles II Silver Peg Tankard
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Extremely rare. An unusually large early English silver peg tankard, flat lidded, and having a vertical row of seven pegs inside. Good patina. Lovely plain design and beaten silver. To the front there is a large contemporary armorial within tied plumage. Contains in excess of 2000 ml, 4 pints. Weight 1165 gms, 37.4 troy ounces. Height 19.75 cms (to top of thumb piece). Diameter 15 cms (lid), 13 cms (top), 15 cms (of base). Fully marked on the body, London 1671. Makers mark only on lid and handle (more details below).
1671

9586 Antique Charles II Silver Wine Goblet
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A rare early English antique silver wine cup with a plain tapering bowl and simple trumpet foot. Dating to the second year of the Restoration period the cup retains the more austere decoration associated with the Commonwealth period. The single ornament is the corded wire around the base of the bowl. Good colour. The initials “SG” are prick engraved to the front. Weight 111 grams, 3.5 troy ounces. Height 20.5cm. English sterling silver. London 1671. Maker “ID” listed in Jacksons (page 130).
1671
Robert King
9799 Charles II Silver Beaker
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A large antique silver trumpet beaker of tall, tapered, cylindrical design having a plain base with simple foot wires. Around the top there is a band of hatched foliate decoration with flower and scroll ornament trailing below. Unusually large size for a mid 17^th century beaker. Underneath there is a date of 1667 engraved together with owners initials. Contains 850 ml. Weight 323 grams. Height 17cm. Diameter 11.5cm. London 1671. Maker attributed to Robert King – see David Mitchell’s “Silversmiths in Elizabethan and Stuart London”. Sterling silver.
Circa 1672
John Dowthwaite
9096 Antique Charles II Newcastle Silver Peg Tankard
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Extremely rare provincial silver. A large early English silver peg tankard with flat lid and a vertical row of six pegs inside. Good patina. Scandinavian form* and decorative pomegranate feet and thumb piece. Uninscribed. Contains 1600 ml. Weight 733 gms, 23.5 troy ounces. Height 19 cms (to top of thumb piece). Diameter 12.5 cms (lid). Fully marked on the body and lid. Sterling silver. Newcastle 1672. Makers mark “ID” for John Dowthwaite – see Jacksons page 492*.
1675

8580 Charles II Silver Tumbler Cup
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A rare early English sterling silver cup of simple plain design. A large example with superb fish scale chasing. To the front there is the hand engraved crest of a pirate wearing a bandana, all over a piece of rope. The heavy round and weighted base allows the cup to stay upright when knocked from side to side. Good gauge silver. Contains 330 ml. Excellent patina. Weight 220 grams, 7 troy ounces. Height 7 cms. Diameter 9 cms. London 1675. Maker “TH” (Jackson Pickford edition page 128*)
1675
Simon Romney
8739 Antique Charles II Silver Porringer
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A rare piece of early English silver. A large 2 handled antique silver porringer of plain form. The matching cover has a capstan shaped finial so that the lid can be turned upside down and used on its own as a saucer. This has the form of a typical early Restoration porringer, with bellied shape and the lid sitting over the upper rim. There is a small silver support either side next to the handle for the lid to sit on. Hand engraved to the front, and repeated on the cover, are the arms and crest for the Yong family of Medhurst, Sussex. Weight 375 grams, 12 troy ounces. Height 14 cm (total), 10 cm (cup), 4.5 cm (lid). Diameter 10 cm. Spread across the handles 17 cm. London 1675. Makers mark “SR”* in a shield (there are 2 similar marks in Jacksons, see page 124 and 129, bottom of the page), probably Simon Romney.
1675
Isaac Dighton
9172 Charles II Antique Silver Boxes
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A very rare matching pair of early antique silver boxes of octagonal form, with pull off tops, dating from the reign of King Charles II. Sterling silver. Simple plain form with a large hand engraved crest within tied plumage, very typical of the date. Superb antique colour. At this date boxes of this type would have originally been part of an extensive toilet service. Total weight 239 grams, 7.6 troy oz. Height 3.5cm. Width of top 9cm. London 1675. Maker Isaac Dighton, London.
1675

7736 Charles II Silver Lidded Tankard
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A rare early English silver flat top lidded tankard in sterling silver with a scroll handle having a decorative thumb piece. Good patina and size. Lovely plain design and hand beaten silver. To the front there is a large contemporary armorial within plumage. Contains in excess of 1500 ml. Weight 1055 gms, 33.9 troy ounces. Height 18.5 cms (to top of thumb piece). Diameter 14 cms (lid), 12.5 cms (top), 14 cms (of base). Fully marked on lid and base, makers mark on the handle. London 1675. Maker’s mark AL* between 3 mullets (see Jacksons page 128) – noted as a tankard maker.
1675
Balthasar Haydt
7799 Antique German Silver Wine Taster
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A 17th century continental silver dish of small size with flat shaped side handles. To the outside there is an embossed decoration of fruit and ribbons. Very charming. Weight 93 grams, 3 troy ounces. Height 4 cms. Diameter 8.5 cms. Spread across handles 13 cms. On the base there is an assay scrape and German silver stamps for Augsburg. Maker Balthasar Haydt. Circa 1675.
1675

8158 Antique Charles II Silver Beaker
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An early English antique sterling silver beaker of plain design with simple foot wires. Around the top there is a band of hatched foliate decoration; this was used from the Elizabethan period until this time but with gradually less detail. Scratch weight underneath. Contains 325 ml. Weight 204 grams, 6.5 troy ounces. Height 9.4 cms. Diameter of top 8.75 cms. London 1675. Maker “TH” (Jacksons page 128).
1675

9572 Antique Charles II Silver Boxes
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A very rare matching pair of early antique silver boxes of octagonal form, with pull off tops, dating from the reign of King Charles II. Good size and weight. Sterling silver. Simple plain form with a large hand engraved armorial within tied plumage feathers, very typical of the date. Superb antique colour. At this date boxes of this type would have originally been part of an extensive toilet service. Total weight 645 grams, 20.7 troy ounces. Height 6.3 cm. Width of top 12.7/13.5 cm. London 1675. Maker’s mark “B” – see Jackson’s page 133.
1676

8506 Charles II Silver Lidded Tankard
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A large early English silver flat top lidded tankard in sterling silver with a scroll handle having a decorative thumb piece and unusual decorations each side of the hinge. Good patina. Lovely plain design and hand beaten silver. To the front there is a hand engraved lion crest within a shield and a large decorative cartouche. Contains 1500 ml. Weight 863 grams, 27.7 troy ounces. Height 20.5 cms (to top of thumb piece). Diameter 14 (top), 13.5 cms (base). Fully marked on lid and body, makers marl on the handle. London 1676. Maker’s mark SR* – see Jacksons page 124 (Pickford edition).