Porringer

William Ramsay (active 1669 - 1698)

Laing Art Gallery

circa 1665

Porringer chased with flower-head ornament, the scroll handles are in the form of caryatids. Inscribed; 'From Asby Maske on St Mark Day - 1669 - the swiftest horse bought this way'.

• Medium: silver-gilt
• Art Fund Grant: £1000 ( Total: £5,800)
• ArtFunded in: 1986
• Vendor: Phillips de Pury

Provenance

Phillips Fine Art Auctioneers, 26/10/84, lot 134.

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