Tureen cover
Frederick Kandler (d.1778)
Category
Silver
Date
1755 - 1756
Materials
Silver
Place of origin
London
Collection
Coughton Court, Warwickshire
NT 1961499.1.2
Summary
Cover of an oval tureen, sterling silver, by Frederick Kandler, London, 1755/6. The domed cover of the tureen conforms to the base and has a seamed bezel and a flat rim with chased curved channels and four oval floral paterae, placed centrally on the sides and the ends. Above the paterae on the sides are chased scallop shells within C-scrolls whilst at the ends there are convex lobed palmettes which initiate bands of graduated buds and leaves set within matted pulvinate bands. They rise up the symmetrically lobed dome which is shouldered and round headed and has, at its apex, a cast handle in the form of an eagle with wings outstretched and clasping in its beak the neck of a grouse, its talons on a hare. This group rests on vegetables including an artichoke.
Full description
For further detail see the master object entry.
Provenance
Commissioned by Sir Robert Throckmorton, 4th Bt (1702-91); by descent to Sir Robert Throckmorton, 11th Bt (1908-89) at Buckland House, Berkshire (up to 1910) and then at Coughton Court; sold by him at Christie’s, 25 July 1934, lot 69; acquired by H.R.H. the Duke of Kent (1902-42); H.R.H. the Duchess of Kent (1906-68); sold by her at Christie’s, 13 March 1947; S. J. Phillips Ltd, London; sold by them 23 February 1948 to a Swedish collector from whose successors they were purchased by the National Trust 25 February, 2022 with the support of a private donor and National Trust gifts and bequests.
Credit line
Coughton Court, the Throckmorton Collection (National Trust)
Marks and inscriptions
Underside of rim: Hallmarks: date letter ‘u’, lion passant, maker’s mark ‘FK’ in italics beneath a fleur-de-lis (Arthur Grimwade, London Goldsmiths 1697-1837 (1990), no. 691) and leopard’s head crowned.
Makers and roles
Frederick Kandler (d.1778), goldsmith