Oval tureen
Frederick Kandler
Category
Silver
Date
1752 - 1753
Materials
Sterling silver
Measurements
35.6 x 44.5 x 27.0 cm
Place of origin
London
Order this imageCollection
Ickworth, Suffolk
NT 852127.1
Summary
One of a pair of oval tureens, sterling silver, by Frederick Kandler, London, 1752/3. The shaped oval bombé base of the tureen rests on four cast and applied foliate scroll feet, the foliage continuing around the lower edge of the body, intertwining at either end with scroll and rocaille-work that rises around root vegetables to the shell and leaf handles. All this detail is cast and applied as are the coats of arms on either side with asymmetrical shields which rise above shells and have chased mantled backgrounds. Also chased is the lambrequin fringe with repeating ovals and flutes and corner floral medallions below a cast and chased reed-and-tie rim. The underside has been cut out of the tureen base around the peripheral scrollwork. The domed cover is shaped to conform to the base with a seamed bezel. Above a simple moulded rim is a chased band of scrollwork around a ribbed lambrequin fringe and with floral medallions at the corners. Another cast reed-and-tie band divides off the top of the dome which is liberally applied with cast and chased vegetables including artichokes, cabbage, celery, mushrooms, broccoli, cauliflower, parsnips, carrots, bound asparagus, swede and beetroot. The cast handle is in the form of an ounce, or snow leopard, ducally collared and chained, holding a trefoil. The plain oval liner is raised and has a rim shaped to fit the base, an applied moulded border and two cast and applied swan-neck-and-ball handles fixed horizontally. Heraldry: On either side of each tureen is the cast, chased and engraved quartered shield, supporters and motto of the 2nd Earl of Bristol beneath an earl’s coronet and against a chased ermine mantling. The finial handles of the covers are in the form of the Hervey crest. Hallmarks: The tureen base is fully marked on the outside below the handles with leopard’s head, date letter ‘r’, lion passant and maker’s mark ‘FK’ in italics beneath a fleur-de-lis (Arthur Grimwade, London Goldsmiths 1697-1837, 1990, no. 691). The same set of marks appears on the underside of the liners and on the bezel of the cover. Scratchweight and inscriptions: ‘N1 [/] 231=15’ on the base of the liner plus ‘B’ on inside face beneath a handle and on the inside face of the base.
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)
Makers and roles
Frederick Kandler, goldsmith