A Charles II silver-gilt covered cup, maker's mark TC above a fish, attributed to Thomas Cooper, London, 1676 | Coupe couverte en vermeil, poinçon d'orfèvre TC et un poisson, attibué à Thomas Cooper, London, 1676
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November 17, 02:52 PM GMT
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3,000 - 5,000 EUR
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A Charles II silver-gilt covered cup, maker's mark TC above a fish, attributed to Thomas Cooper, London, 1676
with two handles, the body decorated with foliage and engraved with coat-of-arms, engraved under the base S*S / Bapt 30 july / 1677 / Dorothy Smith
Height 5 7/8 ; 22 2⁄2oz.
Height 15 cm ; 652 g
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Coupe couverte en vermeil, poinçon d'orfèvre TC, un poisson, attibué à Thomas Cooper, London, 1676
à deux anses, le corps orné de feuillages et gravé d'armoiries, gravée sous la base S*S / Bapt 30 july / 1677 / Dorothy Smith
Haut 15 cm ; 652 g
In Silversmiths in Elizabethan and Stuart London, (London 2017 p.154) David M. Mitchell attributes this maker’s mark to Thomas Cooper, son of William Cooper of London, goldsmith, who was apprenticed to the plateworker Thomas Aylinge for eight years from Michaelmas 1660. He became free by service on November 4, 1668. Between 1669 and 1691 he had six apprentices, the last being Gabriel Sleath who became free by service in 1701. Cooper died about 1691. Mitchell identifies the fish in the mark as a dolphin and lists examples of plates bearing this mark between 1667-1668 and 1692-1693 including porringers, chalices, tumblers, beakers, plates and communion cups.
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