Mustard pot
probably William Lestourgeon
Category
Silver
Date
1765 - 1766
Materials
Silver and Glass
Measurements
50 mm (Height)
Place of origin
London
Order this imageCollection
Saltram, Devon
NT 872309.1
Summary
Mustard pot, sterling silver, probably by William Lestourgeon, London, 1765/6. With blue glass liner. The circular, straight-sided pot is made of seamed sheet silver with an S-scroll handle and tripartite scroll-and-pellet thumb-piece. The three-part hinge connects the handle to the circular cover which has reeding to the edge and a central reeded circle. There are stepped and milled foot and lip rims. The blue glass liner is plain and conforms to the pot. Heraldry: Engraved within the central circle on the cover of the pot is the Parker crest (very rubbed), probably for Montagu Edmund Parker (1737-1813). Hallmarks: Fully marked on the underside with leopard’s head crowned, sterling lion, date letter ‘K’ for 1765/6 and maker’s mark WL beneath a fish probably for William Lestourgeon (Arthur Grimwade, London Goldsmiths, 1990, no. 3893).
Full description
For further information see the master entry.
Provenance
Montagu Edmund Parker (1737-1813); by descent to Harriet Sophia Parker, Countess of Morley (1809-97); Lady Katherine Parker (1846-1910); Edmund Parker , 4th Earl of Morley (1877-1951); Montagu Brownlow Parker, 5th Earl of Morley (1878-1962); National Trust.
Credit line
Saltram, the Morley Collection (National Trust)
Makers and roles
probably William Lestourgeon, goldsmith