Adelbert Wellington Brownlow Cust, 3rd Earl Brownlow, and Lady Adelaide Chetwynd-Talbot, Countess Brownlow
Category
Ceramics
Date
1885
Materials
Parian ware framed in leather
Measurements
275 mm (H); 245 mm (W); 150 mm (Circumference)
Place of origin
London
Order this imageCollection
Belton House, Lincolnshire
NT 436755
Summary
Parian ware framed in leather, portrait relief medallion, Adelbert Wellington Brownlow Cust, 3rd Earl Brownlow, GCVO, PC, MP (1844-1921) and Lady Adelaide Chetwynd-Talbot, Countess Brownlow (1844-1917), 1885. Inscribed 'ADELBERT' at left, 'ADELAIDE' at right and 'IXXI | LOX | 1885' at rear. A Parian portrait relief medallion of the 3rd Earl and Countess Brownlow, in profile, looking left. A foliate garland frames the portraits at left and top right. Mounted in a gold-tooled green leather on padded board frame by E. Dreyfous of Mount Street, London.
Full description
A bronze version of this commemorative medallion was also cast; see NT 435440.
Provenance
Purchased with a grant from the National Heritage Memorial Fund (NHMF) from Edward John Peregrine Cust, 7th Baron Brownlow, C. St J. (b.1936) in 1984.
Credit line
Belton House, The Brownlow Collection (acquired with the help of the National Heritage Memorial Fund by the National Trust in 1994)
Marks and inscriptions
Left: ADELBERT Right: ADELAIDE Rear: IXXI | LOX | 1885