Kettle waiter
Frederick Kandler (d.1778)
Category
Silver
Date
1764 - 1765
Materials
Sterling silver
Measurements
1.3 x 18.5 cm; 184 g (Weight)
Place of origin
London
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Ickworth, Suffolk
NT 2900049
Summary
Kettle waiter, sterling silver, by Frederick Kandler, London, 1764/5. The trefoil-shaped waiter is raised and has a plain, concave rim with a flat lip. There are abrasions in each lobe of the stand, caused by the feet of the frame of a kettle. Heraldry: The contemporary engraving in the centre of the waiter shows the arms (Hervey with Lepel in pretence) in a lozenge and motto of Mary Lepel, Lady Hervey as a widow in an ermine mantling beneath a baron’s coronet. Scratchweight: none.
Full description
The unusual trefoil shape is an evolution from the triangular kettle waiters popular from the 1730s to the 1750s (see NT 852071.4).[1] The associated tea kettle and lamp are not known to survive nor is whether they pre-existed or were supplied at the same time. The waiter may have been from stock and formed part of Lady Hervey’s final purchase from Frederick Kandler (see NT 852072). James Rothwell, Decorative Arts Curator January 2021 [Adapted from James Rothwell, Silver for Entertaining: The Ickworth Collection, London 2017, cat. 23, p. 101.] [1] A kettle waiter of a more attenuated trefoil form, by William Peaston, 1755, was sold at Christie’s. 5/7/2005, lot 481.
Provenance
Mary Lepel, Lady Hervey (1706-68); 2nd Earl of Bristol (1721-75) by whom probably gifted to another member of the family; Koopman Rare Art; purchased 2012 by the National Trust through Christopher Hartop for £5,500 with funds from gifts and bequests including the North Hertfordshire Association of the National Trust and a substantial contribution from the Chelmsford and District National Trust Centre.
Credit line
Ickworth, the Bristol collection (National Trust)
Marks and inscriptions
Underside: Hallmarks: Fully marked with maker’s mark ‘FK’ in italics beneath a fleur-de-lis (Arthur Grimwade, London Goldsmiths 1697-1837, 1990, no. 691), date letter ‘J’, lion passant and leopard’s head.
Makers and roles
Frederick Kandler (d.1778), goldsmith