The Mildmay monteith

George Garthorne (active1669 - 1730)

Ashmolean Museum

1684 - 1685

Silver bowl with a notched brim and engraved with exotic oriental figures, plants and birds. It has a shield with the engraved arms of the Mildmay family. It was designed to let drinking vessels hang in the notches to cool them.

• Medium: silver
• Dimensions: 14 x 29 cm
• Art Fund Grant: £63200 ( Total: £148,500)
• ArtFunded in: 2000
• Vendor: AH Whiteley Settlement Trust

Provenance

Mildmay family; Christie's 1983; Jamime Ortiz Patino; Sotheby's, New York 1992; acquired by present vendor.

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