Cup
Peter Taylor
Category
Silver
Date
1746 - 1747
Materials
Silver
Measurements
30.2 x 36.4 cm; 24.7 cm (Height); 17.4 cm (Width); 14.2 cm (Width)
Place of origin
London
Order this imageCollection
Anglesey Abbey, Cambridgeshire
NT 516444.1
Summary
A two-handled cup (without its cover), silver-gilt (sterling), mark of Peter Taylor, London, 1746/7. The baluster-shaped cup is raised and applied with finely detailed cast and chased rococo decoration. The circular spreading foot is cast and decorated with grapes, vine leaves, snakes and applied lizards. The cast calyx of shells and scrolls is soldered to the foot with a reinforcing ring visible inside the foot. The body is decorated with a riot of ornament including shells, scrolls, festoons of flowers, garlands of vine leaves and grapes, heads of Bacchus, squirrels, bird’s wings, ladybirds, asymmetric shields engraved with a coat of arms, and, standing in high relief, cast lizards and flies. The finely modelled flying handles are cast and chased with borders of rocaille-work and scales, topped by vine leaves and bunches of grapes, and applied with a cast fly and lizard. Each handle terminates in a detailed goat’s head, whilst the lower end attaches to the cup with a monstrous snarling monkey-like head. Rivets, which were used to secure the cast elements to the metal, are visible inside the cup, which has been later gilded. Heraldry: The arms on the body of the cup are those of WATSON quartering MONSON with a crescent as mark of cadency for a second son, impaling PELHAM quartering PELHAM ancient for the Hon Lewis Watson (later 1st Baron Sondes) (1728-1795) and his wife Grace (1728-1777), daughter of the Rt Hon Henry Pelham (Prime Minister 1743-54). The crest on the cover is that of WATSON.
Full description
See Master Object entry for further information
Provenance
The Hon Lewis Watson (later 1st Baron Sondes) (1728-1795) (Urban) Huttleston Rogers Broughton, 1st Baron Fairhaven (1896-1966) bequeathed by Lord Fairhaven to the National Trust along with the house and the rest of the contents. National Trust
Credit line
nglesey Abbey, the Fairhaven Collection (National Trust)
Marks and inscriptions
On the inside of the foot ring : Hallmarks: lion passant (sterling), leopard’s head (London), ‘l’ (date letter for 1746/7) and ‘PT’ (Peter Taylor*) * Arthur Grimwade: London Goldsmiths 1697-1837, 1990, p 162, no 2239 On the underside of the foot: Scratched dealer’s stock mark: ‘//340’ over ‘15000’ over ‘CVR&PTH’ On the underside of the foot: Scratched dealer’s stock mark: ‘3/324-1’ over ‘15000’
Makers and roles
Peter Taylor, goldsmith