Bread basket
John Robinson II (fl. 1738-73, London)
Category
Silver
Date
1754 - 1755
Materials
Sterling silver
Measurements
29.2 x 37.5 x 29.5 cm
Place of origin
London
Order this imageCollection
Ickworth, Suffolk
NT 852109.1
Summary
One of a pair of bread baskets, sterling silver, by John Robinson II, London, 1754/5. The splayed oval basket with a concave base is raised and diaper-pierced with a flaring rim terminating in a scalloped edge with an applied moulded wire. The pierced and seamed gallery rim foot is bounded top and bottom by corded wires and the curved open guilloche handle is cast, terminating in button hinges with cast leaf attachments soldered to the inside face of the top of the basket. Heraldry: In the centre of the base of the basket is engraved 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: maker’s mark ‘JR’ in italics beneath an eight-pointed star (Arthur Grimwade, London Goldsmiths 1697-1837, 1990, no. 1630), date letter ‘t’, lion passant and leopard’s head. The handle has the maker’s mark and lion passant only. Underside: Scratchweight: ‘N. 1 [/] 42″16’
Makers and roles
John Robinson II (fl. 1738-73, London), goldsmith