A Commonwealth silver-gilt tazza, chased acanthus border, ar...

Hammer

£9,500

A Commonwealth silver-gilt tazza, chased acanthus border, armorial field, trumpet shaped foot, 27cm diam, possibly Francis White, London 1656, 582g

Heraldry: Arms of Rodney impaling Southwell, for Sir Edward Rodney Kt. (1590-1657), of Rodney Stoke, Somerset and his wife Frances Southwell, daughter of Sir Robert Southwell of Woodrising, Norfolk, whom he married in 1614

Provenance: Sir Edward Rodney Kt. (1590-1657), of Rodney Stoke, co. Somerset.
Harold Sidney Harmsworth, 1st Viscount Rothermere (1868-1940), newspaper proprietor and collector,
The Important Collection of English Silver...formed by the late Rt. Hon. Viscount Rothermere; Christie's, London, 3 December 1941, lot 112, (£560 to How).
With How of Edinburgh, London, 1941.
The Hahn Family Collection; Christie's, New York, 23 October 2000, lot 290.
Bayreuth: A Connoisseur's Collection of English Silver and Gold Boxes, Christie's, 7th July 2023.