Soup plate
Simon Le Sage
Category
Silver
Date
1758 - 1759
Materials
Sterling silver
Measurements
2.5 cm (Height); 24.8 cm (Diameter)
Place of origin
London
Order this imageCollection
Ickworth, Suffolk
NT 852125.1
Summary
One of twelve soup plates, sterling silver, marked by Simon Le Sage, London, 1758/9. The circular plate is raised with a deep well and a broad rim to which has been applied a moulded and gadrooned cast border. Heraldry: The plate is engraved on its rim with both the quartered arms of the Hanoverian monarchs (pre-1801) within the Garter and beneath an imperial crown flanked by the letters G R and, opposite, 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: 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 1 [/] 19=0’
Makers and roles
Simon Le Sage, goldsmith