Fruit ladle
William Chawner II (d.1834)
Category
Silver
Date
1808
Materials
Silver-gilt
Measurements
66 mm (Width); 255 mm (Length)
Place of origin
London
Order this imageCollection
Attingham Park, Shropshire
NT 609245.2.1
Summary
One of two large silver-gilt King's pattern fruit ladles or ice spades, engraved with the Hill crest. Makers' marks for William Eley, William Fern and William Chawner, London, 1808. The 'King's Shape' with a small hour-glass device about one third of the way down the piece was a popular Regency pattern deriving from French 18th century plateware.
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
Engraved with the Hill crest
Makers and roles
William Chawner II (d.1834), maker William Eley, maker William Fearn (fl.1769 - 1824), maker