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Cruet Stand
Marked by: Charles Adam (English)
English (London)
1718–19
Medium/Technique
Britannia Standard silver, cut glass
Dimensions
Overall: 21 x 15 x 18 cm (8 1/4 x 5 7/8 x 7 1/16 in.)
Weight (without bottles): 42 oz (1345g)
Weight (without bottles): 42 oz (1345g)
Credit Line
Gift of Alan and Simone Hartman and Harriet J. Bradbury Fund
Accession Number2001.42.1-5a-b
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope
ClassificationsSilver
DescriptionFrame for bottles, stands on three bun feet. Bottle holders flanked by two octagonal stopper holders. Central stem with double-ring handle. Fitted with three octagonal silver casters with pierced covers. The larger caster engraved with a circular coat of arms.
Marks
Struck on top of frame and under bases of casters with hallmarks (lion's head erased, Britannia, date letter for 1718-19) and with maker's mark of Charles Adam (Grimwade no. 25); flange of larger caster, bottle covers and handle with lion's head erased and maker's mark, smaller caster covers and with maker's mark struck twice.
InscriptionsEngraved arms of Bathurst quartering Horden, probably as borne by Edward Bathurst (1680-1772) of Wilmington, and subsequently Finchcocks, Kent.
ProvenanceSeptember 4, 1992, sold by an anonymous owner at Christie's, Australia, lot 539, where most probably bought by Alan and Simone Hartman, New York, NY; 2001, gift of Alan and Simone Hartman. (Accession date: February 21, 2001)