Dessert dish
Frederick Kandler
Category
Silver
Date
1769 - 1770
Materials
Silver
Measurements
2.5 x 23.8 x 21.3 cm
Place of origin
London
Order this imageCollection
Ickworth, Suffolk
NT 852067.8
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
Part of the Bristol Collection. Acquired by the National Trust in 1956 under the auspices of the National Land Fund, later the National Heritage Memorial Fund
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 8 [/] 21=16’
Makers and roles
Frederick Kandler, goldsmith