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A PAIR OF QUEEN ANNE SILVER-GILT CUPS AND COVERS FROM THE GORGES PLATE

Lot 182
07.07.2023 11:00UTC +00:00
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£ 50 000
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Lot 182 | A PAIR OF QUEEN ANNE SILVER-GILT CUPS AND COVERS FROM THE GORGES PLATE
Estimate value
£ 50 000 – 80 000
A PAIR OF QUEEN ANNE SILVER-GILT CUPS AND COVERS FROM THE GORGES PLATE

MARK OF PIERRE PLATEL, LONDON, 1702

Each bell-shaped on spreading gadrooned foot, the lower body applied with egg-and-dart and husk strapwork, the harp-shaped handles with lambrequin terminals, each engraved with a coat-of-arms within a baroque cartouche, the domed cover applied with palm leaves and with bud finial, marked under each base and cover, engraved with scratchweights on bases 35=10 and 33=19, on covers 11=3 and 10=19

8 3/4 in. (22 cm.) high

91 oz. 10 dwt. (2,850 gr.)

The arms are those of Gorges, for Henry Gorges (b.c. 1665-1717) of Eye and the Mynde. Henry Gorges was M.P. for Herefordshire in 1698 and later for Weobley and Leominster. His first marriage was to Elizabeth, daughter and heir of Robert Pye of the Mynde.





Provenance

Henry Gorges (b.c.1665-1718) of Eye and Mynde, Herefordshire, one cup, cover and salver each by bequest to his two daughters,

Miss Meliora Gorges (d.1745) and Mary Huxley (née Gorges),

Miss Meliora's cup, cover and salver by bequest to her sister's daughter in 1745,

Miss Anna Maria Huxley (1728-1793), who married Ralph Cope Hopton (1726-1797), in 1748.

With Garrard and Company, London, by 1878,

Archibald Primrose, 5th Earl of Rosebery K.G. (1847-1929), Prime Minister, purchased from Garrard and Company, 24 December 1878, '2 cups and covers £270-0- 0', then by descent to,

Neil Archibald Primrose, 7th Earl of Rosebery (b.1929),

The Rosebery Family Trust; Magnificent Silver-gilt, Objects-of-Vertu and Miniatures from the Rothschild and Rosebery Collection, Mentmore; Sotheby's, London, 11 February 1999, lot 25.

With S. J. Phillips, London.

Sir Arthur Gilbert K.B. (1913-2001), of Beverley Hills, California, collector and philanthropist.

Property of The Late Sir Arthur Gilbert to be sold for the benefit of The Gilbert Collection at Somerset House; Christie's, New York, 27 October 2005, lot 466.

A Distinguished Private Collection; Christie's, New York, 17 May 2012, lot 151.



Literature

The will of Henry Gorges of Eye, Public Record Mss. PROB 11/568/446, 1718.

R. & S. Garrard, Inventory of the Mentmore and London Plate belonging to the Right Hon.ble the Earl of Rosebery, 1879, p. 113, '2 antique chased strap pattern 2 handle Cups & Covers'.

R. & S. Garrard and Company Limited, Inventory of the Plate at Garrard & Co. Ltd., the property of The Right Honourable the Earl of Rosebery, K.G., 1909, chest 57.





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This lot has been imported from outside of the UK for sale and placed under the Temporary Admission regime. Import VAT is payable at 5% on the hammer price. VAT at 20% will be added to the buyer’s premium but will not be shown separately on our invoice.
Artist:Pierre Platel (1664 - 1719)
Applied technique:Metalwork
Medium:Gilding, Silver
Place of origin:Northern Europe, Europe, United Kingdom
Category:Cups
Auction house category:All other types of objects
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