Lot 118
A CHARLES II PORRINGER
*with two cast caryatid scroll handles, a campana-shaped body a chased calyx of stiff leaves around the lower body and a small circular foot, engraved on one side with a coat of arms** within plumed mantling, the base with the scratchweight "10-15", maker's mark "IH" (over a fleur de lys and pellets***), London 1677; 7.45" (19cm) wide overall; 10.3 oz
* Provenance: Chambers Court, nr Tewkesbury, Glocs
**The arms are possibly those of Spencer of Witton, co. Salop and co. Stafford who bore the arms of Sable a chevron between three hares' heads erased argent
Ref: Burke's General Armory p.953
*** See Jackson's Revised PP 130 for this mark, as seen on a cup and the Dodding Tankard 1677-78
