Tureen base
probably Andrea Boucheron (c.1692 - 1761)
Category
Silver
Date
circa 1756
Materials
Silver
Measurements
19.4 x 36.2 x 28.6 cm
Place of origin
Turin
Order this imageCollection
Ickworth, Suffolk
NT 852128.1.1
Summary
Base of a round tureen, silver, probably by Andrea Boucheron and Paolo Antonio Paroletto, Turin, circa 1756. The shaped circular 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 upturned handles. All this detail is cast and applied as are the coats of arms on either side with frilled shields contained within C- and S-scrolls. Behind are chased ermine mantles and a chased lambrequin band with flutes and ovals sits below a cast and chased reed-and-tie moulding applied to the lip. The underside has been cut out of the tureen base around the peripheral scrollwork. Heraldry: On either side of the tureen base 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.
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
Inside face: Hallmark: assay mark of Giovan Battista Carron (in office 1753-78), the Savoy cross in a shield flanked by ‘GB’ with ‘C’ beneath and a closed crown above (Gianfranco Fina & Luca Mana, Argenti Sabauda del XVIII Secolo, 2012, p. 248). Inside face: 'A' to match with the correct cover and liner
Makers and roles
probably Andrea Boucheron (c.1692 - 1761), goldsmith probably Paolo Antonio Paroletto, goldsmith
References
James Rothwell, Silver for Entertaining: The Ickworth Collection. Philip Wilson Publishers, 2016, pp. 137-8