Cup
Robert Garrard I (1758 - 1818)
Category
Silver
Date
1803 - 1804
Materials
Silver-gilt, sterling
Measurements
45.4 x 29.4 x 19.3 cm; 4165 g (Weight)
Place of origin
London
Order this imageCollection
Anglesey Abbey, Cambridgeshire
NT 516452.1
Summary
A two-handled cup and cover (one of a pair), mark of Robert Garrard I, London, 1803/4. The tall vase-shaped cup is raised and rests on a cast foot in the form of three dolphins on scallop shells between fans of bullrushes; their tails entwined to form the calyx. The lower third of the body is embossed with partially matted stylised fluting. Both sides are engraved with a coat of arms, supporters and motto on ermine mantling beneath a baron’s coronet. The rim had a moulded border. Bullrushes with their leaves stretch up the lower half of the cast reeded handles, which loop up to join the body below the rim with an applied scallop shell. The cover is raised and applied with a narrow flange of sheet silver. A border of embossed scales encircles the flat top, which is applied with a large cast model of three dolphins spouting bubbles; their tails entwined to form the finials; between each dolphin is a festoon of willow leaves and a large scallop shell. Heraldry: The arms, motto and supporters beneath a baron’s coronet are those of ROBINSON quartering WEDDELL for Thomas Philip Weddell Robinson (1781-1859) as 3rd Baron Grantham, later de Grey, 2nd Earl de Grey.
Full description
See Master Object entry for further information
Provenance
Thomas Philip de Grey, 2nd Earl de Grey and 3rd Lord Grantham (1781-1859) William Henry Grenfell, 1st Baron Desborough (1855-1945) (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)
Makers and roles
Robert Garrard I (1758 - 1818), goldsmith