Salad dish
Frederick Kandler
Category
Silver
Date
1751 - 1752
Materials
Sterling silver
Measurements
3.8 cm (Height); 27.9 cm (Diameter)
Place of origin
London
Order this imageCollection
Ickworth, Suffolk
NT 852062.1
Summary
Circular salad dish, sterling silver, by Frederick Kandler, London, 1751/2. One of four. The dish is raised with chased spiral ribs commencing on the outer edge of the base and rising up the sides. The shaped rim has a cast and chased shell, leaf and gadroon border. Heraldry: In the centre of the dish is engraved the quartered shield, supporters and motto of the 2nd Earl of Bristol in an ermine mantling and beneath an earl’s coronet.
Full description
For further detail see master object entry.
Provenance
George Hervey, 2nd Earl of Bristol (1721-75); by descent to the 4th Marquess of Bristol (1863-1951); accepted by the Treasury in lieu of death duties in 1956 and transferred to the National Trust.
Credit line
Ickworth, the Bristol Collection (National Trust)
Marks and inscriptions
Underside: Hallmarks: leopard’s head, date letter ‘q’, maker’s mark ‘FK’ in italics beneath a fleur-de-lis (Arthur Grimwade, London Goldsmiths 1697-1837, 1990, no. 691) and lion passant. Underside: Scratchweight: ‘N2 [/] 26=11’.
Makers and roles
Frederick Kandler, goldsmith