Salt
Frederick Kandler
Category
Silver
Date
1752 - 1753
Materials
Sterling silver
Measurements
6.4 cm (height); 10.5 cm (diam. at rim)
Place of origin
London
Order this imageCollection
Ickworth, Suffolk
NT 852086.5
Summary
One of twelve salts, sterling silver, by Frederick Kandler, London, 1752/3. The circular bowl is cast and has an applied calyx of eleven cast and chased stiff leaves. The octagonal gadroon border with shells and leaves alternating at the corners is cast and applied. The circular, stepped foot, which is cast in vertical halves and chased, has an outer band of overlapping leaves and an inner band of gadrooning. The trumpet-shaped stem is raised. Heraldry: Between two of the stiff leaves of the body of the salt is engraved the Hervey crest beneath an earl’s coronet.
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
Outside of the foot rim: Hallmarks: lion passant, date letter ‘r’ and leopard’s head. See 852086.6 for the full set of marks, including maker's. Underside: Scratchweight: ‘7 [/] 10=1’
Makers and roles
Frederick Kandler, goldsmith