Bowl
Anthony Nelme (fl.1681-1722)
Category
Silver
Date
1692
Materials
Silver
Measurements
34.5 cm (Diameter); 1258 g (weight)
Place of origin
London
Collection
Uppark House and Garden, West Sussex
NT 2900041
Summary
Silver basin by Anthony Nelme (fl. 1672-1722), London, 1692, plain circular and on a spreading foot, the centre engraved with the arms of Fetherstonhaugh impaling Lethieullier, for Sir Matthew Fetherstonhaugh, 1st Bt (c. 1714-1774), and his wife Sarah Lethieullier (1725-1788). The basin may originally have been used in the bedchamber for hand washing or shaving. It was also used as a christening basin following the birth of Sir Harry Fetherstonhaugh in 1754.
Provenance
Sir Matthew Fetherstonhaugh 1st Bt. (c.1714–1774); by descent to his son, Sir Harry Fetherstonhaugh, 2nd Bt. (1754–1846); to his widow, Mary Ann, Lady Fetherstonhaugh (d. 1874); to her sister, Frances Bullock Fetherstonhaugh (d. 1895); bequeathed to Lt Col. the Hon. Keith Turnour Fetherstonhaugh (1848-1930); to Admiral the Hon. Sir Herbert Meade-Fetherstonhaugh (1875–1964); given to Richard James Meade-Fetherstonhaugh (1913–1958); the Executors of the late Richard James Meade-Fetherstonhaugh, sale, Christie’s, London 26 April 1972, lot 61; anonymous sale, Sotheby’s, New York, 16 April 2005, lot 292; purchased by the National Trust from Christopher Hartop with the assistance of a grant from a fund established by the late Simon Sainsbury and a grant from the V&A Purchase Grant Fund, 2012.
Makers and roles
Anthony Nelme (fl.1681-1722), silversmith