Dessert basket
Frederick Kandler (d.1778)
Category
Silver
Date
1768 - 1769
Materials
Sterling silver, gilded.
Measurements
8.6 x 35.2 x 26.7 cm
Place of origin
London
Order this imageCollection
Ickworth, Suffolk
NT 852063.4
Summary
Dessert basket, sterling silver, gilded, by Frederick Kandler, London, copying that by Paul de Lamerie of 1731/2 (NT 852063.1). One of two made to create a set of four with another by Frederick Kandler of 1752/3 (NT 852063.2). The body of the basket has been raised from a single sheet to form an oval with a flat base, slightly angled sides and flared rim. The sides and rim are pierced in a graded diaper pattern and chased inside and out to resemble plaited willow-cane basketwork. A corded wire is soldered to the outer edge of the rim. At the angle between the rim and the sides, on the inside face, is a reed-and-tie moulding surmounted by a narrow corded wire. These are soldered against a plain, unpierced band of the body, presumably left to provide strength. The rising loop handles are constructed of three thick wires twisted together with narrow corded wires and terminating in the form of tendrils soldered to the body of the basket at the narrow ends. The rim foot is made up of a seamed strip pierced with interlocking open ovals and bounded by reed-and-tie mouldings. The floor of the basket is engraved in a late Régence style with trelliswork, shells, scrolls and straps, the outer band being hatched to imply shading. Heraldry: The centre of the floor of the basket is engraved with the quartered shield, supporters and motto of the 2nd Earl of Bristol within 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; by descent to the 4th Marquess of Bristol; 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: Fully marked with date letter ‘N’, leopard’s head, lion passant and maker’s mark ‘FK’ in italics beneath a fleur-de-lis (Arthur Grimwade, London Goldsmiths 1697-1837, 1990, no. 692). Underside: Scratchweight: ‘No-4 [/] 45=14’.
Makers and roles
Frederick Kandler (d.1778), goldsmith