A George IV silver-gilt basket

MAKER'S MARK OF PHILIP RUNDELL, LONDON, 1822

Details

A George IV silver-gilt basket
Maker's mark of Philip Rundell, London, 1822
In the George III neo-classical taste, oval, on spreading beaded base pierced above with slits and arcading and applied at intervals with quatrefoils and oval matted medallions, the sides similarly pierced and applied and with lion's and ram's masks at intervals, linked by chased drapery festoons, with beaded rim and with beaded swing handle cast and chased with vacant laurel wreath and band of laurel husk on matting, the centre engraved with a crest, Garter, motto and coronet, marked on reverse and handle
13.7/8in. (35cm.) long
39ozs. (1,229gr.)

Provenance

Supplied to Hugh, 3rd Duke of Northumberland K.G. (1795-1837) and thence by descent to
Hugh, 10th Duke of Northumberland (1914-1988)
His Grace the Duke of Northumberland K.G., G.C.V.O., T.D., P.C.; Sotheby's London, 3 May 1984, lot 104

Lot Essay

As with the previous lot, the silver-gilt tray, Rundells have used a decorative vocabulary which harks back to the fashion of some fifty year before. The basket would have been displayed in the magnificent Adam interiors of Northumberland House (see note to previous lot) and it has be been conceived in the late 18th century neo-classical style to complement both Robert Adam's 18th century work and the new embellisments made by the 3rd Duke in the early 1800s.

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