Historical Context
Editorially reviewedThe British Museum separates the compasses punch from the authentic hand-and-three-ears mark struck on the ewer itself and cautions against using the loose plate to identify the ewer’s maker.
Provenance: Recorded on a loose plate beneath British Museum ewer WB.89; the plate is likely genuine Antwerp silver but its attachment to the ewer is later and uncertain.
Research status: reviewed · reviewed 31/08/2026
Sources
1 referenceBritish Museum technical study of the marks associated with the Aspremont-Lynden ewer. (The British Museum)
Supports: Records the pair-of-compasses punch on a loose plate and explains why that plate should not be assumed to have originally belonged to the ewer.
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Antwerp Compasses Goldsmith Mark
Pair-of-compasses maker punch documented on mid-sixteenth-century Antwerp silver.
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