A Charles II Parcel Gilt Two-Handled Cage-Work Cup & Cover
A Charles II Parcel Gilt Two-Handled Cage-Work Cup & Cover
Circa 1670
Height: 16 cm, 6.3 in
Weight: 760 g, 24 oz 8 dwt
The cup with a cylindrical silver gilt body on three ball feet. The pierced and chased cage-work with birds and foliate scroll decoration, the scroll handles terminating in mythical beast heads, the pull off cover with a rope work border, pierced cage-work and a foliate finial mounted with a silver gilt bee.
This type of cage-work was popular in England during the 1670's and 1680’s and was influenced by the work of German silversmiths earlier in the 17th century.
Another very similar example by Thomas Jenkins, London circa 1670, can be seen in the British Museum, and is illustrated in Douglas Ash, How to Identify English Silver Drinking Vessels 600-1830, G. Bell and Sons, 1964, plate 17b.
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