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Tea Spoon

1750-51 (hallmarked)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Sir Arthur Gilbert and his wife Rosalinde formed one of the world's great decorative art collections, including silver, mosaics, enamelled portrait miniatures and gold boxes. Arthur Gilbert donated his extraordinary collection to Britain in 1996.


Object details

Object type
Materials and techniques
Raised, cast and chased silver
Brief description
Teaspoon. Tea caddy set, silver with original mahogany case, William Cripps, 1750.
Physical description
Tea spoon from George II caddy set, in the Rococo style with butterflies as knobs for the lids and sea serpents around the caddies' bases; with original case.
Dimensions
  • Height: 5.6875in
  • Width: 4.375in
Credit line
The Rosalinde and Arthur Gilbert Collection on loan to the Victoria and Albert Museum, London
Object history
Previous owners: Sophie Wenman (d.1787). The Hon. Sophia Wenman, wife of William Humphrey Wykeham, Esq., of Swalcliffe. Aubrey Wykeham, Esq., of Tythrop House, Thame. Anonymous sale: Sotheby's, lot 132a, 06/06/1933. Hancocks, July 1996.
Summary
Sir Arthur Gilbert and his wife Rosalinde formed one of the world's great decorative art collections, including silver, mosaics, enamelled portrait miniatures and gold boxes. Arthur Gilbert donated his extraordinary collection to Britain in 1996.
Associated objects
Other numbers
  • SG 323 - Arthur Gilbert Number
  • SG 122B - Arthur Gilbert Number
  • 1996.907 - The Gilbert Collection, Somerset House
Collection
Accession number
LOAN:GILBERT.681:12-2008

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Record createdJune 26, 2008
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