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Marked by: Paul de Lamerie (Dutch (active in England) 1688–1751)
English (London)
1725–26
Medium/Technique
Silver (Britannia standard)
Dimensions
Overall (of largest): 23 x 9 x 9 cm (9 1/16 x 3 9/16 x 3 9/16 in.)
Weight: 50 oz (1568g)
Weight: 50 oz (1568g)
Credit Line
Gift of Alan and Simone Hartman and Harriet J. Bradbury Fund
Accession Number2001.47.2a-b
CollectionsEurope
ClassificationsSilver
DescriptionOne of a set of three (with 2001-47.1, 3a-b)
Marks
Struck under base with hallmarks (lion's head erased, Britannia, date letter for 1725-6) and with maker's mark of Paul de Lamerie; the cover of the larger caster with lion's head erased and maker's mark.
InscriptionsThe arms are those of the See of Oxford impaling those of Secker, as borne by Thomas Secker (1683-1768), Bishop of Oxford from 1738 to 1758. The initials are those of Archibald Phlip Primrose, 5th Earl of Rosebery (1847-1929)
ProvenanceMade for Thomas Secker, Bishop of Oxford, Archibishop of Canterbury (b. 1683 - d. 1768). Archibald Philip Primrose, 5th Earl of Rosebery (1847-1929); February 28, 1991, sold by the 5th Earl of Rosebery's Trust Settlement at Sotheby's, London, lot 207, where most probably bought by Alan and Simone Hartman, New York, NY; 2001, gift of Alan and Simone Hartman. (Accession date: February 21, 2001)