Salt
1762-1763 (made)
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This gift, has by tradition descended from a Miss Bridge who was a sometime mistress of George, Prince Regent. It appears that the Prince wished to make some kind of gesture in way of appreciation to this young lady, and probably had a number of pieces of plate from his household selected for this purpose, possibly at the time when many older pieces were being melted to help defray the costs of new services of plate. The pieces from this gift, therefore, which bear the Royal Crest as well as that of Bridge, can be assumed to derive from this source. The "Royal"gifts descended to two illegitimate daughters of the Prince Regent, who never married, and who were great great aunts of the donors' mother (who was born ca.1863), the widow of Bishop Browne of Bristol.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Silver, with gilt interior |
| Brief description | Salt, silver, parcel-gilt, London hallmarks for 1762-63, mark of Thomas Heming. |
| Physical description | Salt, (one of a set of four), silver, the interior gilded, the bowl of normal compressed globular form with everted wavy straight-gadroon rim, the body sinuously embossed with flutes, wavy edged at the top; the body supported on three claw and ball feet with complex scroll knuckles cast and applied. |
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| Gallery label | SET OF FOUR SALTS WITH MATCHING SPOONS
Silver, parcel-gilt
LONDON; hallmarks for 1762-63, the spoons undated.
Maker's mark of Thomas Heming, the Crown Goldsmith; the marks on the spoons indistinct.
Cast and embossed with cursive fluting, a popular motif of the period 1755-70.
Engraved with the crest of George III, the Bridge family added later. Presented by George, Prince Regent, to an ancestor of the donors, about 1815.
Given by the Misses V.J.S. & B.M.H. Browne.
M.28 to c; M.29 to c - 1974(1974) |
| Credit line | Given by the Misses V.J.S. and B.M.F. Browne |
| Object history | Gift - The Misses VJS & BMF Browne Acquisition RF: 74 / 2154 |
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| Summary | This gift, has by tradition descended from a Miss Bridge who was a sometime mistress of George, Prince Regent. It appears that the Prince wished to make some kind of gesture in way of appreciation to this young lady, and probably had a number of pieces of plate from his household selected for this purpose, possibly at the time when many older pieces were being melted to help defray the costs of new services of plate. The pieces from this gift, therefore, which bear the Royal Crest as well as that of Bridge, can be assumed to derive from this source. The "Royal"gifts descended to two illegitimate daughters of the Prince Regent, who never married, and who were great great aunts of the donors' mother (who was born ca.1863), the widow of Bishop Browne of Bristol. |
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| Accession number | M.28-1974 |
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| Record created | September 10, 2004 |
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