Mote Spoon
1750-51 (hallmarked)
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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
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| Materials and techniques | Raised, cast and chased silver |
| Brief description | Mote spoon. Tea caddy set, silver with original mahogany case, William Cripps, 1750. |
| Physical description | Mote 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. |
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| Credit line | The Rosalinde and Arthur Gilbert Collection on loan to the Victoria and Albert Museum, London |
| Object history | Provenance: 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. |
| Historical context | Note that there are no sugar nippers in London Gilbert Collection, according to photographic evidence; and despite 1998 insurance/shipment #3 SG323 listing incorrectly "Six Spoons,...and a pair of Sugar Nippers...." |
| 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. |
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| Accession number | LOAN:GILBERT.682-2008 |
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| Record created | June 26, 2008 |
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