Salad dish
Frederick Kandler
Category
Silver
Date
1753 - 1754
Materials
Sterling silver
Measurements
2.9 x 31.4 x 23.2 cm
Place of origin
London
Order this imageCollection
Ickworth, Suffolk
NT 852094.3
Summary
One of four oblong salad dishes, sterling silver, by Frederick Kandler, London, 1753/4. The indented rectangular dish is raised and has multiple creases to the deep sides following the applied shaped rim with inverted corners which is cast and consists of bands of moulding and gadrooning between shells. There is a shell at the centre of each side and at the corners are four larger shells with upturned ends, flanked by rosettes and bound by a line of pearls. Heraldry: The centre of the dish 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 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: leopard’s head, date letter ‘s’, lion passant and maker’s mark ‘FK’ in italics beneath a fleur-de-lis (Arthur Grimwade, London Goldsmiths 1697-1837, 1990, no. 691). Underside: Scratchweight: ‘No 1 [/] 28″0’
Makers and roles
Frederick Kandler, goldsmith