Small round dish
Frederick Kandler
Category
Silver
Date
1754 - 1755
Materials
Sterling silver
Measurements
2.5 cm (Height); 27.3 cm (Diameter)
Place of origin
London
Order this imageCollection
Ickworth, Suffolk
NT 852121.2.1
Summary
One of four small round dishes, sterling silver, by Frederick Kandler, London, 1754/5. The dish is raised with a shallow circular well, a broad rim and a cast shaped border with twelve gadrooned lobes, each group of three having a central acanthus leaf. At four of the intersections between the lobes are cast scallop shells with pearl bands and flanking foliate scrolls. 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 the rim: Hallmarks: lion passant, date letter ‘t’, maker’s mark ‘FK’ in italics beneath a fleur-de-lis (Arthur Grimwade, London Goldsmiths 1697-1837, 1990, no. 691) and leopard’s head. Underside: Scratchweight: ‘No=1 [/] 23=13’
Makers and roles
Frederick Kandler, goldsmith