£4,100
A rare Charles I recusant chalice, English, circa 1640
Having a small bowl, on an inverted baluster knop stem, and a wide gently domed foot, with narrow flared footrim, apparently typically unmarked, 4 fl.oz., 13.2cm
Provenance: The Jane Russell Collection
Literature: See J. Webb, English Recusant Base-Metal Chalices, Journal of the Royal Archaeological Institute no. 143, (1986). See also H.H. Cotterell, Pewter Down the Ages, fig. 72 & De Navarro, Causeries on English Pewter, p. 150
A very similar chalice sold Christies The Little Collection, 1 May 2007, Lot 20, (£2800) and originally from Littlecote House, Wiltshire
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