Cream jug
Benjamin Smith
Category
Silver
Date
1805
Materials
Silver-gilt
Measurements
160 x 133 x 80 mm
Place of origin
London
Order this imageCollection
Attingham Park, Shropshire
NT 609224.2
Summary
Silver-gilt helmet-shaped cream jug, wide curved lip, raised on circular foot, and female mask to handle. The body decorated with vertical flutes and Greek key pattern band with beaded borders. RUNDELL BRIDGE ET RUNDELL AUFIFICES REGIS ET PRINCIPIS WALLIE LONDINI FECERUNT ((stamped around base and engraved with the Royal crest encircled by the Garter motto). Makers' marks for Benjamin Smith II and Digby Scott, London 1805. From 1802 Benjamin Smith II and Digby Scott managed the Greenwich workshop of the Royal Goldsmiths Rundell, Bridge and Rundell. Scott may have retired around 1807, and Smith recorded a succession of marks, one in partnership with his brother, James. Benjamin Smith then moved to Camberwell as an independent manufacturer of silverware in 1814.
Provenance
Presumed to be part of William Noel-Hill’s Ambassadorial service. William Noel-Hill, 3rd Baron Berwick (1773-1842) who had been in Italy as British Envoy and Ambassador to the Kingdom of Naples and the Two Sicilies. By descent bequeathed to the National Trust with the estate, house and contents of Attingham by Thomas Henry Noel-Hill, 8th Baron Berwick (1877-1947) on 15th May 1953.
Marks and inscriptions
RUNDELL BRIDGE ET RUNDELL AUFIFICES REGIS ET PRINCIPIS WALLIE LONDINI FECERUNT ((stamped around base and engraved with the Royal crest encircled by the Garter motto)
Makers and roles
Benjamin Smith, maker Digby Scott, maker