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Commonwealth / Charles II Miniature (Toy) Silver Porringer

IG, London, c1650-68 

 

Commonwealth or Charles II Miniature Silver Porringer, Marked IG

 

Commonwealth or Charles II Miniature Silver Porringer, Marked IG

 

 

(All images are oversize for inspection)

 

 Of bulbous form on a short foot, decorated with four panels of sprays of leaves against a stippled ground

within punch-beaded borders, the base embossed with a flower within punch-bead border,

wirework scroll handles and gilt interior, late 18th century

monogram MAK in conjoined script with flourishes;

also scratched verso “Hwd 89”

  

Condition: Good to excellent; minor dings with age; the usual casually attached clipped wire handles;

no repairs to the handle joins;

old well done silver solder reinforcement to the interior at footrim turn; later gilding to the interior

  

NOTES:

  

Maker's mark ‘I.G, a mullet between and a crescent below, within a heart-shaped punch,

twice marked with additional indiscernible adjacent small round punches.

For details of the IG mark see Gold and Silver Marks of England, Scotland

and Ireland, (Jackson) and Old London Silver (Montague Howard). 

This maker apparently worked from c1633-1668, making mostly ecclesiastical silver vessels. 

There are a variety of marks, some within a heart shaped punch, and some within a 

shield, employing crescents, mullets, pellets, a shell, and a covered cup 

  

A cup by this maker is also listed in Goldsmith and the Grape,

catalog for Goldsmith Hall’s

exhibition of the  same name, July 1983:  p. 18, #41, 

with the royal cipher C.R  for Charles II (courtesy of the Worshipful Company of Vinters).

  

These small baluster-form cups were popular from c1640 to 1700, are technically called "caudle "cups".  

Recently, the term "porringer",  a straight-sided cup, has become the prevalent term for both  forms. 

The miniature, or "toy", version (2" -3" in height), popular in the mid-17th century, had no lid,

and usually simple chased or pounced decoration, with clipped silver wire handles. 

They were used for a warm drink composed of ale, sugar, eggs, bread and spices -

much advocated for curing minor ills and recommended for pregnant women. 

They were often given as gifts to the mother of a newborn child.

These have also been known to be used as 'wine-tasters', due to the small size and reflective interior.

      

From 1597 to 1675, there was little effort to enforce silver marking laws in England. 

A large number of London and provincial makers sold plate without being assayed or marked with other than their own stamp.

As well, much silver made for either royalty or for ecclesiastical use was not fully marked

  

 2oz.  

  

2-1/8” High / 4-1/4" Wide over Handles / 2-1/2" Bowl Width

 

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Commonwealth or Charles II Miniature Silver Porringer, Marked IG    Commonwealth or Charles II Miniature Silver Porringer, Marked IG

 

Commonwealth or Charles II Miniature Silver Porringer, Marked IG

 

Commonwealth or Charles II Miniature Silver Porringer, Marked IG marks

 

Commonwealth or Charles II Miniature Silver Porringer, Marked IG, monogram

 

Commonwealth or Charles II Miniature Silver Porringer, Marked IG, interior

 

 

SUMMARY OF RECORDED MARKS on RECORDED WORKS for IG

                                                  

1633 - IG above a covered cup in a shield :  Two communion cups; St Mary and St. Lawrence, Great Waltham

 

1638 – IG, mullet below within a heart :  Communion cup and two patens; St. Mary, Harrow

 

1648 – IG, escallop shell below within a shield :  Plain cup; Mansion House, NY

   

1650 – I.G, above a crescent within a heart :  Squat cup, baluster stem, spreading foot;  Messrs. Spink

 

1659 – IG, above a crescent within a shield :  Paten on foot; Messrs. Christie

 

  1660 – IG, mullet below within a heart :  Communion paten; All Harrows, Lombard Street, E.C.

 

1663 – IG, mullet below within a heart : Communion cup; All Harrows, Lombard Street, E.C.

 

1665 – IG, mullet between, crescent below within a heart :  Flat-topped tankard; Mrs. Morgan S. Williams, St. Donat’s Castle 

 

1665 – IG, mullet between, crescent below within a heart : Standing cup; Chester Corporation

 


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