Lot 39
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A PAIR OF CHARLES II SILVER DOUBLE TUMBLER CUPS
A PAIR OF CHARLES II SILVER DOUBLE TUMBLER CUPS
A PAIR OF CHARLES II SILVER DOUBLE TUMBLER CUPS
A PAIR OF CHARLES II SILVER DOUBLE TUMBLER CUPS
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A PAIR OF CHARLES II SILVER DOUBLE TUMBLER CUPS

MAKER'S MARK DG IN A SHIELD WITH A MULLET ABOVE AND BELOW, LONDON, 1676

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A PAIR OF CHARLES II SILVER DOUBLE TUMBLER CUPS
MAKER'S MARK DG IN A SHIELD WITH A MULLET ABOVE AND BELOW, LONDON, 1676
Both spherical with matted surface and flattened base, the rims engraved with interlacing initials IS between crossed palm fronds, marked on rims
2 7⁄8 in. (7.3 cm.) high
4 oz. 12 dwt. (143.1 gr.)
Provenance
Sold for the Benefit of The United Society for the Propagation of the Gospel for Educational and Building Projects in India; Christie's London, 23 June 1976, lot 111.
Acquired from S.J. Phillips Ltd., London, July 1976.
Literature
M. Clayton, Christie's Pictorial History of English and American Silver, Oxford,1985, p. 76, fig. 5.
T. Schroder, Renaissance and Baroque Silver, Mounted Porcelain and Ruby Glass from the Zilkha Collection, London, 2012, cat. no. 33, pp. 164-165.

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Lot Essay

The bulbous form of the present tumbler cups was likely derived from the German Faustbechern of the early 17th century. By the 1670s the form was interpreted by London goldsmiths, with the ability to stack the beakers being an English adaption as the earlier German examples were not interlocking. A number of pairs with similar matted surfaces from around this time are documented, including a 1685 pair by Tomas Cory of London in the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York (Acc. No. 68.141.251.a,b). One beaker of an assembled pair in the collection of the Fogg Art Museum, Cambridge, Massachusetts (Obj. Nos. 1966.51.15.1 and 2) is also marked with maker's mark DG.

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