Spetchley - Property from the Berkeley Collection
Spetchley - Property from the Berkeley Collection
A MATCHED SET OF FOUR GEORGE III SILVER SAUCE TUREENS, COVER AND STANDS, ANDREW FOGELBERG, LONDON, 1771 & 1773
Auction Closed
December 11, 04:05 PM GMT
Estimate
5,000 - 7,000 GBP
Lot Details
Description
A MATCHED SET OF FOUR GEORGE III SILVER SAUCE TUREENS, COVER AND STANDS, ANDREW FOGELBERG, LONDON, 1771 & 1773
plain oval form with ovolo bead rims, each end with embellished with leaves supporting drop ring handles, the covers with stylised bud finials, each piece numbered 1-4
25.2cm., 10in. long over handles
3540gr., 114oz.
These sauce tureens were most likely additions to the famous Berkeley Castle Dinner Service ordered by James, 3rd Earl Berkeley, from the eminent French silversmith Jacques Roettiers in 1736. Inventories note a significant number of dinner plates, meat plates and identical sauce tureens, ordered from the silversmith Andrew Fogelberg between 1771-73.
The Berkeley Castle Dinner service is considered one of the most important and complete French dinners services of the 18th century. It was removed from Berkeley Castle and sold by order of The Trustees of the 8th Earl of Berkeley, Sotheby & Co, London, 16 June 1960, achieving a hammer price of £207,000. At the time this was the third highest price ever for a work of art at auction.
Inventory, 1893, ‘4 Sauce Boats & Covers 6½ inch oval chased with handles and acorn knobs’ listed with the Silver;
Inventory, 1949, 'SAUCE TUREENS, COVERS & STANDS, oval in shape, pineapple surmount to covers, George 3rd, 1771 and 1773, 112 ozs' in the Strong Room