Anthony Nelme
Dressing Table Mirror
1690
Physical Qualities
Sterling Silver, applied gilt decoration, replaced glass, 24 1/4 x 17 in. (61.6 x 43.2 cm.)
Credit Line
Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth S. Battye Fund
Object Number
1982.3
The Baltimore Museum of Art by purchase, 1982; Christie, Manson and Woods International, NY; Sotheby and Co., NY, 1967 (complete service); Prince David Z. Molivani; Christie, Manson & Wood, London, 1938 (complete service); William Randolph Hearst collection; Christie, Manson & Wood, London, 1935 (complete service); Mrs. Mylins; Richard Astley; possibly Judith Bridgeman, Castle Bromwich, Warwickshire
Lansdowne House exhibition, 1929
"Catalogue of the Highly Important Collection of Old English and Foreign Silver," Christie, Manson & Woods, London, Dec. 14, 1938, lot 67, p. 24, ill. p. 25.
Sales catalogue, Sotheby and Co., NY, Nov. 30, 1967, lot 117.
"Art at Auction: The Year at Sotheby's and Parke-Bernet 1967/68," p. 368.
“Important English and Continental Silver…,” Christie, Manson & Woods, London, Feb. 11,
1982, lot 293.
Baltimore Museum of Art. The Baltimore Museum of Art: Celebrating a Museum. Baltimore: The Baltimore Museum of Art, 2014.
Markings: Applied cypher: "JB" for Judith Bridgeman of Moreton Corbet, Shropshire; marks on crest, and under pieces which cover joints on corners: maker's mark used by Nelme before 1697, leopard's head crowned, lion passant, date letter for 1691/1692
On View: American Wing Second Floor, Chestertown Hallway/Case 2
