M. FORD CREECH ANTIQUES & FINE ARTS
QUEEN ANNE BRITANNIA
SILVER CASTER
Charles Adam, London,
1707
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Of baluster form with applied
central girdle, the domed pierced cover with a bayonet lock, the
piercing of two different designs on two planes, knop finial, raised
on a domed circular foot; marked to body and lid -
maker’s mark and lion's head erased
on lid pierced through but quite legible
Note :
The pierced decoration on two
planes is distinctive to the Queen Anne period casters, c1705-10.
Charles Adam is the best known caster maker of this period and form.
Adam was apprenticed to
Francis Archbold in 1682, free 1689, his
first and only mark registered 1703.
Castor maker Thomas Bamford
was apprenticed to Adam in 1703.
No date is given for Adam’s
retirement (which he apparently did prior to his death), or for his
death.
Three similar Charles Adam casters have been sold through this gallery (See Below)
Condition : Imperfections as
listed below; yet a very good 300 year old caster for table use :
interior of cover with horizontal line visible (seen in other casters, so possibly a construction line);
small
silver solder reinforcement on the inner lip rim (not visible on
the outer surface);
repair and minor bend to the cover top and one
bayonet (shown below);
probable crest removal to body;
minor small scuffs and spots appropriate to age and usage;
priced very affordably, accordingly to imperfections
6” High / 4.5 oz.
PRICE : PLEASE INQUIRE
#6590
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Lines in footrim interior are
construction tool marks and not a repair |
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See Also :
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Queen Anne Britannia Silver Caster
Charles Adam, London, 1712
Verso with
scratched initials F over S*M
6.75” High
/ 6.2 oz. |
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Queen Anne Britannia Silver
Sugar Caster,
Charles Adam, c1705-10
Crest
of a griffin’s head erased sa., guttee-d’or (drops of gold),
for Jackman or Jackaman |
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Queen Anne
Britannia Silver Sugar Caster, Charles Adam,1709
Crest of a sword & key in saltier
(Bone, Boun, Bounn,
Burgin, Dunbar, Heald, Johnson, Terell |
Also See :
Left to Right (Each title and image linked to full page) :
George III Silver Caster, George Gray, London 1779
George III Silver Caster, Samuel Wood, London, 1767
Pair of George II Silver Trencher Salts, Edward Wood, London, 1730
Queen Anne Britannia Silver Caster, Charles Adam, London, 1707
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have.
For
information, call (901) 761-1163 or (901) 827-4668, or
Email : mfcreech@bellsouth.net or mfordcreech@gmail.com
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South Perkins Road / Memphis,
TN 38117 / USA /
Wed.-Sat. 11-6, or by appointment
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