Style: Silver, Furniture, Ceramics
Style: Silver, Furniture, Ceramics
Property from an Important Southern Collection
A GEORGE II ROYAL SILVER CAKE BASKET WITH THE ARMS OF FREDERICK, PRINCE OF WALES, GEORGE WICKES, LONDON, 1743
Lot Closed
April 22, 03:55 PM GMT
Estimate
30,000 - 50,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
Property from an Important Southern Collection
A GEORGE II ROYAL SILVER CAKE BASKET WITH THE ARMS OF FREDERICK, PRINCE OF WALES, GEORGE WICKES, LONDON, 1743
on four scroll feet headed by harlequin masks in rococo cartouches, the sides pierced with trellis and scrolling foliage, the rim applied with shellwork and flowers, the matching swing handle also with dolphin heads and rising from masks, center engraved with the arms of Frederick, Prince of Wales
marked on base, the handle apparently unmarked
59 oz 5 dwt
1847 g
length 14⅜ in.
36.5 cm
Mrs. Charles E.S. McCann
Donald Morrison Collection, sold
Sotheby's New York, June 6, 1980, lot 22
Garrard & Co., Ltd., London, March 1981
Elaine Barr, George Wickes, Royal Goldsmith: 1698-1761, p. 153, pl. 98 basket pl. 97 bile of sale.
The arms are those of Frederick-Lewis, Prince of Wales (1707-1751).
George Wickes held the position of goldsmith to the Prince of Wales. Research by Arthur Grimwade traces this basket to an entry in Wickes's ledger, April 14, 1744: "His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales, folio 140, April 14, 1744," among other items: "2 bread baskets - Lady Archibald Hamilton - 120 oz. 12 dwts. - 9s 2d per ounce - Total £55.5.7." The notation in the ledger "Lady Archibald Hamilton" would indicate that these baskets were presented by Prince Frederick to his mistress, Lady Archibald Hamilton, upon her appointment as lady in waiting to his mother, the Queen.