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John Duck, ab 1677 Meister in Londen, Foster Lane (1653 - 1745, from 1677 Master in London, Foster Lane) - Sell & Buy

English goldsmith, apprenticed to goldsmith Roger Stevens in Foster Lane, London, in 1669. After Stevens' sudden death in 1673, his wife Katherine took over the business. Duck was released from his apprenticeship in 1677 and married Hannah Stevens, his former master's daughter, in 1678. His hallmark is a goose in a dotted circle and was used between 1678 and 1694/4 Mus.: London, British Museum Lit.: John Culme 'The "Goose in a dotted circle"; a mystery of the seventeenth century investigated', in 'The Jaime Ortiz-Patino Collection English 17th Century Chinoiserie Silver', Sotheby's sale catalogue, New York, 21 May 1992