Round dish cover
Category
Silver
Date
circa 1758
Materials
Silver
Measurements
18.4 cm (Height); 27 cm (Diameter)
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Ickworth, Suffolk
NT 852121.1.4
Summary
One of four round covers for dishes, silver, probably London, circa 1758. The round and lobed cover is raised and has a stepped base conforming to the set of larger round dishes (NT 852121.3.1-4). The base terminates in a chased band of gadrooning and the cover rises as a circular convex dome to another chased gadroon band, then rises again in reverse form to an applied flat top plate, the joint concealed by a cast and seemed moulding. The cast and chased tendril handle is capped by single flowers and held on by a silver bolt and nut. Heraldry: On the front of the cover are engraved the quartered arms of the Hanoverian monarchs (pre-1801) within the Garter and beneath an imperial crown flanked by the initials G R.
Full description
For further detail see the master object entry.
Provenance
Jewel Office; allocated to George Hervey, 2nd Earl of Bristol (1721-75) as Ambassador to Madrid 1758; discharged to Lord Bristol 9 April 1759; 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
Hallmarks: None. Inside, above lower band of gadrooning: Scratchweight: ‘No 4 = 34=6’