Dessert dish
Frederick Kandler
Category
Silver
Date
1769 - 1770
Materials
Silver-gilt
Measurements
2.5 x 23.8 x 21.3 cm
Place of origin
London
Order this imageCollection
Ickworth, Suffolk
NT 852067.7
Summary
One of four pincushion-shaped dessert dishes, sterling silver, gilded, marked Frederick Kandler, London, 1769/70. Another four are marked by Simon Le Sage, London, 1758/9. The dish is raised into an oblong form with concave sides and inverted corners. It has a cast moulded and gadrooned border applied to the rim. Heraldry: The centre of the dish is engraved with the quartered arms of the Hanoverian monarchs (pre-1801) within the Garter and beneath an imperial crown flanked by the letters G R.
Full description
For further detail see the 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: maker’s mark FK in italics beneath a fleur-de-lis (Arthur Grimwade, London Goldsmiths 1697-1837, London 1990, no. 692), lion passant, leopard’s head and date letter ‘O’. Underside: Scratchweight: ‘No =7 [/] 21=11’
Makers and roles
Frederick Kandler, goldsmith