Cup
John Payne
Category
Silver
Date
1756 - 1757
Materials
Silver-gilt, sterling
Measurements
36.5 x 32.3 cm; 27.8 cm (Height); 24.3 cm (Height); 15.4 cm (Width); 12.9 cm (Width)
Place of origin
London
Order this imageCollection
Anglesey Abbey, Cambridgeshire
NT 516446.1
Summary
A cup (without its cover) silver-gilt (sterling), mark of John Payne London, 1756/7 The body of the baluster-shaped cup, its stem, and foot are raised; the handles, finial and gadroon border are cast. At the base a low circular foot ring supports the slightly domed foot which is embossed and chased with fruit and flowers. The short spool-shaped stem is undecorated except for a narrow, applied band of gadroons at its waist. Each side of the body is highly embossed and chased with festoons of foliage, fruit (including pomegranates, apples and grapes) and scrolls round a rococo cartouche containing a later engraved coat of arms. Framing the cartouches are embossed and engraved vignettes; one side depicting a lion and an eagle; the other depicting an angler and fox. The double scroll handles have thumbpieces formed as busts of satyrs, with their fur, front legs, pan pipes and a wine flask decorating the handles. Heraldry: Arms, supporters and motto beneath a viscount’s coronet: LOWTHER for William Lowther, Viscount and Baron Lowther of Whitehaven (1757-1844), subsequently Earl of Lonsdale, impaling FANE for Augusta eldest daughter of John Fane, 9th Earl of Westmorland (1761-1838).
Full description
See Master Object entry for further information
Provenance
William Lowther, 1st Earl of Lonsdale (1757-1844). Passed by descent with Lowther Castle, Westmorland to Lancelot Lowther, 6th Earl of Lonsdale Christie, Manson & Woods: Fine Old English Silver sold by order of the Right Hon. The Earl of Lonsdale, OBE, 19 and 10 February 1947, lot 125 David Black & Son of 1 Burlington Gardens, London W1, bidding on behalf of Lord Fairhaven, who paid £72 plus Black’s 5% commission (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
Anglesey Abbey, the Fairhaven Collection (National Trust)
Marks and inscriptions
On the base within the foot ring: Hallmarks: ‘JP’ (John Payne*), lion passant (sterling), ‘A’ (1756/7), and leopard’s head (London)* Arthur Grimwade: London Goldsmiths 1697-1837, London, 1990, p 120, no 1597 On the base of the foot ring: Old NT Inventory Number: AA/S/55 in white paint On the inside of the foot ring: Current NT Inventory Number: NT516446.1 in white Rotring Isograph
Makers and roles
John Payne, goldsmith