Lot Essay
The arms are those of Oxenden, baronets, almost certainly for Sir James Oxenden, 2nd Bt. (1641-1708), who succeeded his father in 1686.
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PROPERTY FROM THE ESTATE OF WILLIAM KELLY SIMPSON
A WILLIAM III SILVER TAZZA
MARK OF WILLIAM GIBSON, LONDON, 1697
Details
A WILLIAM III SILVER TAZZA
MARK OF WILLIAM GIBSON, LONDON, 1697
Circular, on trumpet-form foot, with chased gadrooned borders, surface engraved with a coat-of-arms in foliate cartouche, marked to field and underside of foot
10 3/8 in. (26.8 cm.) diameter
19 oz. 10 dwt. (606 gr.)
MARK OF WILLIAM GIBSON, LONDON, 1697
Circular, on trumpet-form foot, with chased gadrooned borders, surface engraved with a coat-of-arms in foliate cartouche, marked to field and underside of foot
10 3/8 in. (26.8 cm.) diameter
19 oz. 10 dwt. (606 gr.)
Provenance
Probably Sir james Oxenden, 2nd Bt.
Estate of Abby Aldrich Rockefeller, 740 Park Ave., New York, 1960.
Estate of Abby Aldrich Rockefeller, 740 Park Ave., New York, 1960.