Tureen and cover
probably Andrea Boucheron (c.1692 - 1761)
Category
Silver
Date
c. 1756
Materials
Silver
Measurements
34.7 x 37 x 28.6 cm
Place of origin
Turin
Order this imageCollection
Ickworth, Suffolk
NT 852128.2
Summary
One of a pair of round tureens, 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. The domed cover is shaped to conform to the base and has a seamed bezel. Above a simple moulded rim are chased horizontal panels of diaper-work and then another cast reed-and-tie moulding. At the corners above this moulding are chased shells and spanning it at all four centres are large cast shells and scrolls which support four distinct cast and chased trophies. Those above the coats of arms have fish and an eel in front of bullrushes and a net, and a rabbit or hare against celery and an artichoke, whilst above the base handles there is a group of a turtle, lobster and fish and, finally, game birds with a turnip and cauliflower against a net with water plants and root vegetables. The cast handle of the cover is in the form of an ounce, or snow leopard, ducally collared and chained, holding a trefoil (the Hervey crest). The cover has had its bezel crudely manipulated to try to get it to fit the base properly. 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 and secured by rivets. Heraldry: On either side of the 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 base is stamped on the inside face with the assay mark of Giovan Battista Carron (in office 1753–78), the Savoy cross in a shield flanked by ‘G B’ with ‘C’ beneath and a closed crown above (Gianfranco Fina & Luca Mana, Argenti Sabauda del XVIII Secolo, 2012, p. 248). Scratchweights and inscriptions: On the underside of the cover - ‘B d [/] oz [/] 196 = 21 [crossed through] [/] 194=2’. The liner and the base have ‘B’ scratched on them to identify the correct components of the tureen.
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
probably Andrea Boucheron (c.1692 - 1761), goldsmith probably Paolo Antonio Paroletto, goldsmith