Object Description
An attractive cup of plain design with twin S scroll reeded handles. It’s nice to see traces of the original hand beaten finish.
Weight 218g, 7 troy oz.
Spread 16.5cm, 6.5 ins. Diameter 10.8cm. Height 10.5cm.
Newcastle 1750.
Maker Isaac Cookson.
Sterling silver.
A very useful example of English provincial silver, lovely compact size, perfect for flowers.
Marks. Stamped on the underside with a full set of English silver marks. Newcastle assay office.
Maker: Isaac Cookson
Isaac Cookson is most famous of the early Georgian Newcastle silversmiths. Free in 1726 after his apprenticeship to Francis Batty, he worked in London for about a year as journeyman for the leading silversmiths including George Wickes and possibly Paul de Lamerie. Returning to Newcastle he quickly established himself as the leading craftsman in the area and developed a flourishing business based in the shop previously owned by the late Francis Batty II. His large workshop employed many apprentices including John Langlands and John Goodrick who acquired the business in 1755. Cookson died in 1757.
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