Untitled
workshop of William Cripps (fl.1731 - 1767)
Category
Silver
Date
1758
Materials
silver-gilt
Measurements
245 mm (Diameter)
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Kedleston Hall, Derbyshire
NT 109119.12
Summary
One of twelve George II silver-gilt dessert plates from the Kedleston dinner service, mark of William Cripps, London, 1758, supplied by Philips Garden. Shaped-circular and with reeded rim applied with berried laurel leaves, the borders chased with foliage and sunflowers, the centre engraved with coat-of-arms within a shell and scroll cartouche, each marked on reverse and engraved with scratch weight. The arms are those of Curzon for Sir Nathaniel Curzon, 1st Lord Scarsdale.
Provenance
Commissioned by Sir Nathaniel Curzon, 5th Baronet and 1st Baron Scarsdale (1726-1804), 1758, and thence by descent in the Curzon family to the Kedleston Estate Trust; sold at auction at Christie's, King Street, London, 30 April 1996, lot 108; acquired by the National Trust at auction at Christie's, King Street, London, 25 November 2008, lot 32, for £51,650, funded from gifts and bequests to the National Trust and grants of £21,244 from the Art Fund and £8,400 from the V&A Purchase Grant Fund.
Makers and roles
workshop of William Cripps (fl.1731 - 1767), silversmith