Tureen base
Frederick Kandler (d.1778)
Category
Silver
Date
1755 - 1756
Materials
Silver
Place of origin
London
Collection
Coughton Court, Warwickshire
NT 1961499.2.1
Summary
Base of an oval tureen, sterling silver, by Frederick Kandler, London, 1755/6. The shaped oval bombé base of the tureen is chased with elaborate, symmetrically arranged lobing interspersed with stems rising to vine leaves. Central asymmetrical rococo cartouches on both sides with C-scrolls, shellwork and foliage contain engraved coats of arms. The tureen base rests on four cast and applied foliate scroll feet and has two foliate scroll and shell open handles. The concave neck is plain and polished and rises to a shaped gadrooned lip. Heraldry: The cartouches on both sides of the tureen are engraved with the arms of Throckmorton quartering Yate overlaid with an inescutcheon of the Hand of Ulster (symbol of a baronetcy) and impaled with the arms of Collingwood, for Sir Robert Throckmorton, 4th Baronet (1702-91) and his second wife, Catherine Collingwood (c.1705-61, m. 1738).
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: 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. Underside: Scratchweight: '103' [troy ounces]
Makers and roles
Frederick Kandler (d.1778), goldsmith