Dessert dish
Simon Le Sage
Category
Silver
Date
1758 - 1759
Materials
Silver-gilt
Measurements
3.5 cm (Height); 23.5 cm (Diameter)
Place of origin
London
Order this imageCollection
Ickworth, Suffolk
NT 852101.4
Summary
One of four round dessert dishes, sterling silver, gilded, marked by Simon Le Sage, London, 1758/9. Another four are marked by Frederick Kandler, London, 1770/71. The dish is raised into a shaped circular, or cinquefoil, form. 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
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: date letter ‘C’, lion passant, leopard’s head and maker’s mark ‘S∙L’ in italics with a cup above and mullet below (Arthur Grimwade, London Goldsmiths 1697-1837, London 1990, no. 2576). Underside: Scratchweight: ‘No 4 21=19’ plus [old] faint ‘22’
Makers and roles
Simon Le Sage, goldsmith