Ice pail
Philip Rollos II
Category
Silver
Date
circa 1730
Materials
Silver, probably Britannia standard
Measurements
26.7 x 34.6 cm; 24 cm (Diameter)
Place of origin
London
Order this imageCollection
Ickworth, Suffolk
NT 852069.2
Summary
Ice pail, one of a pair. Probably Britannia silver, Philip Rollos II, London, c. 1730.The body of the ice pail is raised and of circular ‘bombé’ form, the lower part matted and applied with nine-pin ribs and elaborate cast and chased strapwork, shells and lanceolate palm leaves. The pail is pinched-in beneath the rim, the undecorated, everting neck being a separate, seamed piece with the soldered joint disguised by a plain wire. Below the wire is another, broad band of rich strapwork on a matted ground with central shell cartouches on either side. The cast and faceted baluster handles with foliate roses are fixed onto plain strips of silver over the upper strapwork band. Thick lateral straps with lion masks are applied to either side and rise from the foot through the handles to the rim, terminating with classical masks against inward-facing volutes. The rim, which steps in, is cast and chased with bands of husks between rosette medallions. The lower part of the spreading foot is cast and chased with panels of floral trelliswork, strapwork and four sculpted shells in C-scroll cartouches. Heraldry: On one side of the pail, between the bands of strapwork, have been re-engraved c.1751 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 information see the master object entry.
Provenance
Probably John, Lord Hervey; by descent to the 4th Marquess of Bristol. Accepted in lieu of death duties by HM Treasury in 1956 following the death of the 4th Marquess of Bristol. Part of the Bristol Collection. Loaned to the National Trust in 1956 under the auspices of the National Land Fund, later the National Heritage Memorial Fund, and then transferred to the National Trust in 1983.
Credit line
Ickworth, the Bristol Collection (National Trust)
Marks and inscriptions
Underside: Hallmarks: maker’s mark ‘RO’ either side of an anchor in a shield, struck on the underside five times. This is an unregistered version of Philip Rollos II’s first, Britannia mark entered in 1705, (Arthur Grimwade, London Goldsmiths 1697-1837, 1990, no. 2392) in a shield-shaped rather than octagonal punch. Underside: Scratchweight: ‘168=18’. Rim: Two pin-holes on top of rim by right handle (with arms at front), matching marks on the later liner and its separate rim.
Makers and roles
Philip Rollos II, goldsmith
References
James Rothwell, Silver for Entertaining: The Ickworth Collection. Philip Wilson Publishers, 2016, pp. 92-4