A George II silver bread basket, Paul Crespin, London, 1746
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October 14, 11:42 AM GMT
Estimate
8,000 - 12,000 EUR
Lot Details
Description
A George II silver bread basket, Paul Crespin, London, 1746
circular, formed of interwoven reeded bands, with rope-twist handle and border, the plain surface engraved with the coronet and cypher of Henry, 2nd Earl of Rochester
height 11 in.; weight 61 oz.; 28 cm.; 1900gr.
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Panier à pain en argent par Paul Crespin, Londres, 1746
de forme ronde, à décor de frises de filets entrelacées, l'anse et le bord du panier à décor de cordelette, le centre gravé du chiffre couronné d'Henry, 2e comte de Rochester
height 11 in.; weight 61 oz.; 28 cm.; 1900gr.
Henry, 2nd Earl of Rochester and 4th Earl of Clarendon (1672-1753)
Sotheby’s New York, 19 October 2015, lot 222
Koopman Rare Art, London, 2016
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Henry, 2e comte de Rochester et 4e comte de Clarendon (1672-1753)
Sotheby's New York, 19 octobre 2015, lot 222
Koopman Rare Art, Londres, 2016
The monogram and earl’s coronet are those of Henry, 2nd Earl of Rochester and 4th Earl of Clarendon (1672-1753).
This basket belongs to an important group of Paul Crespin silver made for Henry, 2nd Earl of Rochester and 4th Earl of Clarendon (1672-1753), between 1746 and 1749. In addition to this basket, it also included two gilt cups and covers, a shell-shaped shaving dish, four waiters, six double spice boxes with ten spoons (sold Christie’s, London, December 1, 2004, lots 700, 702-704) and four candlesticks (sold Christie’s, New York, May 17, 2012, lot 142).
The commission was probably undertaken by the Earl with an eye towards the political career of his son and heir Henry, Viscount Cornbury. After flirting with Jacobite conspiracies in the early 1730s, the Viscount married in 1737 Frances Lee, daughter of George, 2nd Earl of Lichfield. The same year, he was elected M.P. for Oxford University, a position he held until 1750, when a writ in acceleration on his father’s title of Baron Hyde allowed him a seat in the House of Lords. However, when Henry died in Paris in 1753 and his father followed six months later; much of the Crespin silver passed to the Earl’s granddaughter, Charlotte (1721-1790), daughter of William Capell, 3rd Earl of Essex, whose husband Thomas Villiers (1709-1786) was made Earl of Clarendon of the second creation in 1776.
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