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Charger
English (London)
1713–14
Medium/Technique
Silver (Britannia standard), gilt
Dimensions
Overall: 61 cm (24 in.)
Weight: 180 oz (5603 g)
Weight: 180 oz (5603 g)
Credit Line
Gift of Alan and Simone Hartman and Harriet J. Bradbury Fund
Accession Number2001.26
CollectionsEurope
ClassificationsSilver-gilt
Silver
Silver
DescriptionCircular charger with applied gadrooned edge. Center engraved with a coat of arms enclosed by the Order of the Garter.
Marks
Struck on reverse with hallmarks (lion's head erased, Britannia, date letter of 1713-14) and with maker's mark of John Bache (Grimwade no. 118).
InscriptionsEngraved with the arms of Wentworth, as borne by Thomas Wentworth, Baron Raby (1672-1739), who was created Earl of Strafford in 1711 and Knight of the Garter in 1712.
Provenance1713/1714, made for Thomas Wentworth (b. 1672 – d. 1739), 1st Earl of Strafford and 3rd Baron Raby; by descent within the family; 1859, stored with other pieces of Wentworth silver at Glyn, Mills, and Co. bank, London; 1963, removed from the bank; June 27, 1963, consigned anonymously (presumably by the familial descendants of Thomas Wentworth), Sotheby's, London, lot 51. June 25, 1969, International Publishing Corporation sale, Christie's, London, lot 114. By 1972, Hilmar Reksten, Bergen, Norway; May 22, 1991, Hilmar Reksten sale, Christie's, London, lot 127, probably to Alan and Simone Hartman, New York; 2001, gift of Alan and Simone Hartman to the MFA. (Accession Date: February 21, 2001)