15929705550001312637261000Standard Recordobject-125278170206272402014673037830001702062268370fitz-onlineadlib-object-125278https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/1252783fb3cf64-5446-354d-b3ed-aab3032abf2d4referenceterm-40400adlib-term-404004caf8646-1108-3ae6-85a0-c0a4797f9f10pewterreferenceterm-120850adlib-term-120850119202a0-9a90-3cd0-a2ae-f0bc398ee73dAntonio de Navarro CollectionApplied ArtsPewter, cast and turned. Plain, circular, with rim turned under, perhaps formerly 'bumpy bottomed'. Engraved on the obverse of the rim with a crowned ostrich feather.NAV.77-19331accession numberNAV.77-1933125278priref125278urihttps://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/125278https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/125278referenceagent-149638adlib-agent-1496387376d833-d0a7-3be0-916e-9c892b7a24d8The Fitzwilliam MuseumA.F. de Navarro Bequestreferenceagent-166304adlib-agent-166304ab6ac87a-81ab-335b-85a2-6ba6e8b94747Navarro, Mary Anderson de, Madamereferenceagent-172191adlib-agent-172191094930e0-a07c-32da-9183-7b3db93f05b5Navarro, J. M. de193319331933givenA.F. de Navaroo intended to bequeath his collection to the Fitzwilliam but did not formally do so. His widow and son gave the collection and it has always been known as the A.F. de Navarro Bequest.Entry date: 1933-1014951495CE1495circa1495150911509CE15091509pewtererreferenceagent-159932adlib-agent-1599328e09fac5-9ce5-3a1f-8d07-45f48dec536auncertainThe emblem on the rim was used as a house mark or badge of the heir apparent, and this dish and others like it have been associated with Arthur, eldest son of Henry VII (1586-1502). It has also been suggested that they could date from the coronation of Henry VIII in 1509.referenceterm-120947adlib-term-1209470367c966-4ef0-36a6-9e79-a629733adbdb15th Century, Late-16th Century, Early#referenceterm-121393adlib-term-121393f714cb0f-eb87-3c1d-8072-03609bbcc0adHenry VIIreferenceterm-106216adlib-term-106216825b8379-ec94-388e-9a59-624e40c090d0literalEnglandEnglandcountryprobablyLondonDiametercm34referenceterm-90855adlib-term-90855b48207ec-774d-3e3e-8ab3-536996bc5dacdishhistory notePurportedly found in 1889 near Guy's Hospital during construction work, but other sources give 1899 as the date; Hilton-Price Collection; A.F. de Navarro Collection.referenceagent-149638adlib-agent-1496387376d833-d0a7-3be0-916e-9c892b7a24d8The Fitzwilliam Museumreferencepublication-5374adlib-publication-53743426d343-d3aa-3bbe-992d-2c2abf254101Old Pewter, its Makers and Marks in England, Scotland and IrelandPubl. and Ref. p. 9, G4, listed as one of the eighteen and plates bearing a crowned ostrich-feather known to the authors. They discuss the significance and use of the emblem, four of the suggestions on the ownership of the group, and the possible pewterers, among whom they considered Thomas Husthwaite the most likely because he supplied pewter to the royal household in 1521, and give reasons why the bell touch could be associated with him.7-16referencepublication-200002279adlib-publication-2000022799c349c06-7060-344f-9281-2b6a9bbf9c72Crowned Ostrich-Feather PlatesCf. p. 94-5, lot 102, a dish with raised central boss, and rim struck with an ostrich feather below a crown, 26.8 cm (10 5/8 in) Late 15th or early 16th century. Estimate £7-10,000. From the Guy's Hospital hoard excavated in 1899; Cyril Minchin collection. The writer mentions two articles in The Journal of the Pewter Society in 1985 and 1989 which discuss the dishes from Guy's Hospital and two from Hampton Court Palace.94-5referencepublication-5937adlib-publication-593790d0533b-a217-3e1e-80e1-f13c1f4304deImportant Early English Pewter, The 'Little' CollectionCf. p. 57, no. 27, another also excavated at Guy's Hospital in 1899, and now (1989) in a private collection. Other examples are cited57referencepublication-6399adlib-publication-63998bfe976b-04a1-3b30-ae58-9a3cb2e991acPewter, A celebration of the craft 1200-1700referenceterm-90855adlib-term-90855b48207ec-774d-3e3e-8ab3-536996bc5dacdishdishobject
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