An important set of six Queen Anne Britannia Standard Silver Gilt Hexagonal Salvers. Made in London in 1704 by David Willaume.
An important set of six Queen Anne Britannia Standard Silver Gilt Hexagonal Salvers. Made in London in 1704 by David Willaume.
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Each dish is of hexagonal form standing each on six cast baluster feet. The main body rises to a raised gadrooned border and the centre has a slight sunken well engraved with an Armorial, with Crest above, surrounded by a beautiful cartouche of strapwork, pluming scrolls and harebell swags. Each is well marked on the reverse and engraved with the scratch weights 28:12, 28:13, 28:15, 29:0 (2), 29:3 and 29:11. Each Stand is in excellent condition and is of an outstanding weight and gauge.
Diameter: 103⁄8 in. (26.4 cm.)
Weight: 173 oz. 4 dwt. (6,290 gr.), the set.
The arms are those of Dutton impaling Bond, for James Lenox Dutton (c.1713-1776) of Sherborne Park, Gloucestershire and his second wife Jane (c.1712-1776), daughter of Christopher Bond (1682-1739), whom he married in 1743.
PROVENANCE
Presumably Sir Ralph Dutton 1st Bt. (c.1645-1721) of Sherborne Park, Gloucestershire, then by descent to his son,
Sir John Dutton, 2nd Bt. (d.1743) of Sherborne Park, then to his nephew,
James Lenox Naper, later Dutton (c.1713-1776) of Sherborne Park, Gloucester, by descent to his son,
James Dutton, 1st Baron Sherborne (1744-1820) of Sherborne Park, by descent to,
Ralph Stawell Dutton, 8th Baron Sherborne (1898-1985), of Hinton Ampner House, Hampshire, then under the terms of the will of Edward Dutton, 4th Baron Sherborne (1813-1919) to his kinsman,
Michael John James George Robert Howard, 21st Earl of Suffolk and 14th Earl of Berkshire (1935-2022), then by descent.
LITERATURE
L. Willoughby, The Connoisseur, ‘Sherborne House, Part II’, February 1912, vol. XXXII, no. 126, p. 89, illustrated.
THE RARITY OF THE HEXAGONAL FORM.
The hexagonal form of these pieces is very rare. The form was first employed English silversmiths towards the end of the 17th century as shown by a pair of salvers by Benjamin Pyne, London, dated 1698, in the Gilbert Collection, now on loan to the Victoria and Albert Museum (LOAN:GILBERT.591-2008). They are chased with elaborate figure and foliate scroll ornament after designs by Stefano della Bella (1610-1664). Almost identical plain examples, also by David Willaume, but from 1716, form part of the celebrated Gorges Plate, once in the collection of the Prime Minister, Archibald, 5th Earl of Rosebery (1847-1929) and sold from the Rothschild and Rosebery Collection; Mentmore, Sotheby's, London, 11 February 1999, lot 23.
THE SILVERSMITH DAVID WILLAUME I – (1658-1741).
David Willaume was the son of Adam Willaume goldsmith of Metz on the pont des Morts and Anne Phillipe his wife, he was born 7 June 1658. He presumably learnt his trade from his father or another Metz goldsmith. His first mark as a largeworker, undated, probably April 1697 on commencement of register. His address:'in the pell-mell'. Second and third marks added to the first entry, 29 January 1719. Address: St James's Street. Fourth mark, 27 July 1720, same address. Heal records him as David Willaume senior goldsmith and banker, London, 1674-1712. He appears to have retired about 1728 (when David II entered a mark of distinctly different type to his father, and purchased the manor of Tingrith, Bedfordshire in 1730, from which time the family became seated there. He died before 22 January 1741. There is no doubt, on the evidence of his surviving work, that Willaume enjoyed the patronage of the wealthiest clients in England from the latter part of the reign of William III to the end of George I's reign. Among so many outstanding pieces it is difficult to select any pre-eminent masterpiece, when all display the qualities of rich design and impeccable execution. The following is a short list of important works: 1698 Pair of wine coolers. Duke of Devonshire 1699 Ewer and dish. Queen's College, Cambridge 1699 Pair of sconces. Lord Brownlow 1700 Ewer and dish. Duke of Portland 1701 Ewer and dish. Duke of Abercorn 1701. Wine Fountain. Duke of Buccleuch 1704 etc. Toilet service. Luton Hoo Collection 1706. Ewer and dish. Fishmonger's Company 1708 Wine-cistern and fountain. Duke of Brunswick 1711 Pair of mounted ivory vases. Wilding collection, British Museum 1713 Punch bowl and cover. Trinity Hall, Cambridge 1718 Ewer and dish. Ex Hearst Collection 1938 1725 Toilet service. Ex Collection of Viscount Cowdray 1726 Ewer and dish. Earl Fitzwilliam
JAMES LENOX DUTTON
James Lenox Dutton was born James Lenox Naper in 1712 . He was the son of Irish landowner James Naper (d.1718) of Loughcrew House, co. Meath and his third wife Anne, the daughter of Sir Ralph Dutton 1st Bt. (d.1721) of Sherborne Park, Gloucestershire. In February 1742/3, on the death of James Lenox Naper’s maternal uncle Sir John Dutton 2nd Bt. of Sherborne Park James succeeded to the sizable Dutton estates. His uncle had not been sure which of his two nephews should become his heir. His eldest sister Mary had married Sir Thomas Reade Bt. of Shipton Court, Oxfordshire and they had a son John.
The convention of time suggested the son of the elder sister was the more likely heir, however, according to a tale recounted in the Connoisseur article on the family published in May 1911 (vol. XXX, p. 12), shortly before he died Sir John called the two nephews to his bedside and engaged them in conversation on a number of subjects to gauge their character. He asked both men what they were reading. Reade replied he had no idea of the subject of his book beyond the fact it had a blue cover. In contrast Naper was reading a Latin grammar. Supposedly this settled the choice in Sir John’s mind and the Dutton estates passed to James.
James married twice. His first wife, Catherine Ingoldsby, was the daughter of General Henry Ingoldsby. She bore him a son who pre-deceased his father. Following her death he married Jane Bond (d.1776), the daughter of Christopher Bond and Jane Whorwood. The couple had three sons and six daughters, however, one son and two the daughters died young as recorded on James’s memorial by Richard Westmacott the Elder (1747-1808 ) in the church of St Mary Magdalene, Sherborne.
James employed the German born society artist Johan Zoffany (1733-1810) to paint the family in a conversation piece recently acquired by the Cleveland Museum of Art. The scene depicts James and his wife Jane in mourning clothes seated beside a card table whilst their eldest son, later the 1st Baron Sherborne, and his wife play cards. He clearly respected the silver he inherited form his uncle by retaining it rather than having it remade, however, he did ensured it was engraved with his and his wife’s arms. He and his wife both died in 1776. He was succeeded by his son James Dutton, 1st Baron Sherborne (1744-1820).
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, 29:3 and 29:11. Each Stand is in excellent condition and is of an outstanding weight and gauge.Diameter: 103⁄8 in. (26.4 cm.) Weight: 173 oz. 4 dwt. (6,290 gr.), the set.The arms are those of Dutton impaling Bond, for James Lenox Dutton (c.1713-1776) of Sherborne Park, Gloucestershire and his second wife Jane (c.1712-1776), daughter of Christopher Bond (1682-1739), whom he married in 1743. PROVENANCE Presumably Sir Ralph Dutton 1st Bt. (c.1645-1721) of Sherborne Park, Gloucestershire, then by descent to his son, Sir John Dutton, 2nd Bt. (d.1743) of Sherborne Park, then to his nephew, James Lenox Naper, later Dutton (c.1713-1776) of Sherborne Park, Gloucester, by descent to his son, James Dutton, 1st Baron Sherborne (1744-1820) of Sherborne Park, by descent to, Ralph Stawell Dutton, 8th Baron Sherborne (1898-1985), of Hinton Ampner House, Hampshire, then under the terms of the will of Edward Dutton, 4th Baron Sherborne (1813-1919) to his kinsman, Michael John James George Robert Howard, 21st Earl of Suffolk and 14th Earl of Berkshire (1935-2022), then by descent. LITERATURE L. Willoughby, The Connoisseur, ‘Sherborne House, Part II’, February 1912, vol. XXXII, no. 126, p. 89, illustrated.THE RARITY OF THE HEXAGONAL FORM.The hexagonal form of these pieces is very rare. The form was first employed English silversmiths towards the end of the 17th century as shown by a pair of salvers by Benjamin Pyne, London, dated 1698, in the Gilbert Collection, now on loan to the Victoria and Albert Museum (LOAN:GILBERT.591-2008). They are chased with elaborate figure and foliate scroll ornament after designs by Stefano della Bella (1610-1664). Almost identical plain examples, also by David Willaume, but from 1716, form part of the celebrated Gorges Plate, once in the collection of the Prime Minister, Archibald, 5th Earl of Rosebery (1847-1929) and sold from the Rothschild and Rosebery Collection; Mentmore, Sotheby's, London, 11 February 1999, lot 23.THE SILVERSMITH DAVID WILLAUME I – (1658-1741).David Willaume was the son of Adam Willaume goldsmith of Metz on the pont des Morts and Anne Phillipe his wife, he was born 7 June 1658. He presumably learnt his trade from his father or another Metz goldsmith. His first mark as a largeworker, undated, probably April 1697 on commencement of register. His address:'in the pell-mell'. Second and third marks added to the first entry, 29 January 1719. Address: St James's Street. Fourth mark, 27 July 1720, same address. Heal records him as David Willaume senior goldsmith and banker, London, 1674-1712. He appears to have retired about 1728 (when David II entered a mark of distinctly different type to his father, and purchased the manor of Tingrith, Bedfordshire in 1730, from which time the family became seated there. He died before 22 January 1741. There is no doubt, on the evidence of his surviving work, that Willaume enjoyed the patronage of the wealthiest clients in England from the latter part of the reign of William III to the end of George I's reign. Among so many outstanding pieces it is difficult to select any pre-eminent masterpiece, when all display the qualities of rich design and impeccable execution. The following is a short list of important works: 1698 Pair of wine coolers. Duke of Devonshire 1699 Ewer and dish. Queen's College, Cambridge 1699 Pair of sconces. Lord Brownlow 1700 Ewer and dish. Duke of Portland 1701 Ewer and dish. Duke of Abercorn 1701. Wine Fountain. Duke of Buccleuch 1704 etc. Toilet service. Luton Hoo Collection 1706. Ewer and dish. Fishmonger's Company 1708 Wine-cistern and fountain. Duke of Brunswick 1711 Pair of mounted ivory vases. Wilding collection, British Museum 1713 Punch bowl and cover. Trinity Hall, Cambridge 1718 Ewer and dish. Ex Hearst Collection 1938 1725 Toilet service. Ex Collection of Viscount Cowdray 1726 Ewer and dish. Earl Fitzwilliam JAMES LENOX DUTTONJames Lenox Dutton was born James Lenox Naper in 1712 . He was the son of Irish landowner James Naper (d.1718) of Loughcrew House, co. Meath and his third wife Anne, the daughter of Sir Ralph Dutton 1st Bt. (d.1721) of Sherborne Park, Gloucestershire. In February 1742/3, on the death of James Lenox Naper’s maternal uncle Sir John Dutton 2nd Bt. of Sherborne Park James succeeded to the sizable Dutton estates. His uncle had not been sure which of his two nephews should become his heir. His eldest sister Mary had married Sir Thomas Reade Bt. of Shipton Court, Oxfordshire and they had a son John. The convention of time suggested the son of the elder sister was the more likely heir, however, according to a tale recounted in the Connoisseur article on the family published in May 1911 (vol. XXX, p. 12), shortly before he died Sir John called the two nephews to his bedside and engaged them in conversation on a number of subjects to gauge their character. He asked both men what they were reading. Reade replied he had no idea of the subject of his book beyond the fact it had a blue cover. In contrast Naper was reading a Latin grammar. Supposedly this settled the choice in Sir John’s mind and the Dutton estates passed to James. James married twice. His first wife, Catherine Ingoldsby, was the daughter of General Henry Ingoldsby. She bore him a son who pre-deceased his father. Following her death he married Jane Bond (d.1776), the daughter of Christopher Bond and Jane Whorwood. The couple had three sons and six daughters, however, one son and two the daughters died young as recorded on James’s memorial by Richard Westmacott the Elder (1747-1808 ) in the church of St Mary Magdalene, Sherborne. James employed the German born society artist Johan Zoffany (1733-1810) to paint the family in a conversation piece recently acquired by the Cleveland Museum of Art. The scene depicts James and his wife Jane in mourning clothes seated beside a card table whilst their eldest son, later the 1st Baron Sherborne, and his wife play cards. He clearly respected the silver he inherited form his uncle by retaining it rather than having it remade, however, he did ensured it was engraved with his and his wife’s arms. He and his wife both died in 1776. He was succeeded by his son James Dutton, 1st Baron Sherborne (1744-1820). ){kind=link}