Condiment set
Category
Silver
Date
1810
Materials
Silver, glass and wood
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Felbrigg, Norfolk
NT 1401700
Summary
Silver condiment stand. English, dated 1810. Hallmarked 'lion rampant, shield, O, George's head, TH'. London 1809. Silver rounded rectangular condiment stand with space for 8 bottles - now 7 only. Engraved with flowering scrolls, acorns and leaves, on one side a quartered armorial (chevrons, roses, Maltese Cross with 4 stars) and on the other side the dated inscription 'Thomas S. Buckle Donavit Elisha de Hague Pignus Amicitie 1810'. The ?Hervey crest of leopard and coronet engraved on the carrying handle and on the covers of two of the jars. Two cylindrical footed glass jars with two cut steps, zone of pyramid cutting over fluting, star-cut mushroom bases, hinged silver covers with finial and small holes to hold spoons. Crest of leopard rampant on coronet. Hallmarked 'HT, George's head, lion rampant, O'. Five cylindrical footed glass bottles with two cut steps, zone of pyramid cutting over fluting, star-cut mushroom stoppers and bases.
Provenance
Part of the Windham Collection. The hall and contents were bequeathed to the National Trust in 1969 by Robert Wyndham Ketton-Cremer (1906-1969)