A rare Queen Anne Britannia standard silver 'toy' miniature twin handled porringer or caudle cup, London 1703 by Matthew Pickering (reg. 23 Sep 1703)

Circular form with half-spiral fluted decoration to the body with a punch work border. Fully marked to rim.

Height – 3 cm / 1.25 inches

Weight – 16 grams / 0.51 ozt

Apprenticed to Nathanial Lock on the 19 August 1696, recorded his first mark as from Mugwell street.

A miniature porringer of 1707 by the same maker was sold Christie’s South Kensington, 26 Nov 2003, Lot 441, (£411 incl. premium)