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Taperstick

Date1746-1747

Artist/Maker John Cafe

OriginEngland, London

MediumSilver (Sterling)

DimensionsOH: 5"; W(base): 3"

Credit LineMuseum Purchase

Object number1938-27,A

DescriptionTaperstick: removable nozzle with saucer of shaped rectangular plan with inward-curving sides and shaped corners with shell and scroll border at edge; bezel of nozzle fitting within cylindrical socket with moldings below rim, around center, and above cupped base; main section of the stem in the form of an inverted baluster of octagonal section with shell decoration on shoulders; flattened-ball knop below; stepped base of shaped rectangular plan with circular well with molded edge in top and corners in the form of shell-embellished petals. Stem cast in two parts vertically and base in one. Uninscribed as to owner.
InscribedNo
MarkingsMaker's mark "J:C" in black letters with a flower above within a trefoil, leopard's head crowned, lion passant, and date letter on underside of base; maker's mark "IF" in block letters within a double-lobed reserve, leopard's head crowned, lion passant, date letter, and sovereign's head on bezel of removable nozzle (B)
ProvenanceWilliam Randolph Hearst (sold by Parish-Watson & Co., New York, 1938)
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