£2,000 - £3,000
A good and documented Queen Anne pewter multiple-reeded wrigglework plate, circa 1700
The rim engraved THE GIFT IS SMALL THE LOVE IS ALL, along with struck ownership initials EP, opposed by the hallmarks of John Shorey I, London, (fl.1683-1722), (PS8461), touchmark and London label to rear, the well designed with a large six-petal flowerhead, diameter 23.5cm
Provenance: Former Kenneth Bradshaw Collection (no.40), sold Sothebys, 13 June 1977, Lot 406. Thence Kenneth Barkin Collection, sold Bonhams, Chester, 14 May 2009, Lot 611
Exhibited: British Pewterware, Reading Museum and Art Gallery, 20 September - 31 October 1969 (no.1 26) and From Tavern to Tabernacle Long Beach Museum of Art, California, 4 November 2001 - 17 March 2002
Literature: Illustrated K. Barkin, Wriggle Work Decoration on British & European Pewter 1600-1880 (2002), p. 76
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