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Beaker
Silver
Origin: East Anglia, probably Norwich area
Date: Mid 17th century
14.3 cm height; 195 g weight
Marks/Maker: Leopard or lion's head, TS in monogram, T in a shaped shield
Provenance: Benjamin Samuel of Norwich; William Minet, FSA
Presented by Miss Susan Minet, 1949; WA1949.179
T. Schroder (2009), no. 14
As many as 23 pieces of plate have been noted with two of the three marks appearing on this beaker (TS and the leopard's head). But most of the others in the group combine these two marks with a G and a fleur-de-lis. The exact significance of the marks remains unclear.
Information derived from T. Schroder, British and Continental Gold and Silver in the Ashmolean (2009)
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