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Marked by: Thomas Farren (free 1707, died in 1743)
English (London)
1725–26
Medium/Technique
Silver (sterling standard)
Dimensions
Overall: 30.5 x 32.7 cm (12 x 12 7/8 in.) Weight: 94 oz 10 dwt (2941 g)
Credit Line
Gift of Alan and Simone Hartman and Harriet J. Bradbury Fund
Accession Number2001.30
CollectionsEurope
ClassificationsSilver
DescriptionCircular basket on a spreading foot decorated with a band of acanthus leaves. Everted sides pierces with diaperwork. Fixed overhead handle secured by two nuts at each end. Center engraved with the roayal arms within the Order of the Garter surmounded by a crown.
Marks
Maker's mark of Thomas Farren, Hallmarks: 1725-6
InscriptionsThe royal arms are those borne by George III after the union with Ireland in 1891
ProvenanceMade for Lionel Sackwille, 1st Duke of Dorset (1687/8 - 1765), at Knole, Kent; After his death, by descent to Arabella, wife of 3rd Duke of Dorset [see note 1]. By 1987, by descent to the Trustees of the Knole Settled Estates; May 20, 1987, sold by the Trustees of the Knole Settled Estates, at Christie's, London, lot 172, where most probably bought by Alan and Simone Hartman, New York, NY; 2001, gift of Alan and Simone Hartman. (Accession date: February 21, 2001)
NOTES:
[1] After the death of the 3rd Duke of Dorset in 1799, his widow, Arabella, married the Lord Whitworth, who used the Sackville Silver on his mission as Minister to France, and had it engraved with the royal arms of George III.
NOTES:
[1] After the death of the 3rd Duke of Dorset in 1799, his widow, Arabella, married the Lord Whitworth, who used the Sackville Silver on his mission as Minister to France, and had it engraved with the royal arms of George III.