Photo: courtesy of Sotheby's
Proctor-Mosley ewer & basin
Artist: Artist not known
Location: Ashmolean Museum
Date: 1592-1593
Materials: silver gilt with enamel
Dimensions: ewer height: 29.8; basin diameter: 41.2cm
Grant:
Amount Paid: £220,000 (Total: £877,718; tax remission)
Vendor: Anonymous (through Sotheby's)
Review number: 5613 (2005)
Provenance:
Probably Richard Proctor, Merchant Taylor of London; bequeathed to Proctor's son, 1610;...;Sir Ernest Cassel; then by descent.
Description:
The ewer and basin are elaborately chased with floral, plant and shell decoration within panels of strapwork. The ewer is very classical in style as interpreted by Renaissance engravers and goldsmiths. The centre of the basin carries the arms of Proctor impaling Mosely, the details of the marriage of the two families has not yet been found.
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