Large oval dish with shell handles
Frederick Kandler (d.1778)
Category
Silver
Date
1768 - 1769
Materials
Sterling silver
Measurements
4.9 x 63.3 x 42.8 cm
Place of origin
London
Order this imageCollection
Ickworth, Suffolk
NT 852095.4
Summary
One of four large oval dishes, sterling silver, by Frederick Kandler, London, 1768/9. The dish is raised and has a flat oval well and a broad rim with a shaped border applied with cast and chased gadrooning. Two large cast and chased shells are applied as handles. Heraldry: The rim of the dish is engraved with 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 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 of rim: Hallmarks: date letter ‘N’, leopard’s head, lion passant and maker’s mark ‘FK’ in italics beneath a fleur-de-lis (Arthur Grimwade, London Goldsmiths 1697-1837, 1990, no. 692). Underside: Scratchweight: ‘Nº= 2 [/] 104=17’
Makers and roles
Frederick Kandler (d.1778), goldsmith