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Lot Essay
Robert Child inherited Osterley Park after the death of his elder brother, Francis in 1763. Francis Child employed Robert Adam to remodel both his townhouse at 38 Berkeley Square and Osterley. After Francis's premature death, Robert Child continued to employ Adam. Osterley was one of Adam's most important projects and was said to have cost as much as £130,000.
Upon Robert Child's death in 1782, an inventory of the silver at Osterley was taken. These dishes are almost certainly part of the "six large oblong dishes" and "fourteen small Do.", as the "sixty Dinner plates" from the same service are described as having "reed and ribbon Edges." (M. Tomlin, 'The 1782 Inventory of Osterley Park', Furniture History, 1986, vol. XXII, p. 127).
CAPTION: View of Osterley Park, by Anthony Devis (1729-1816)
CAPTION: Portrait of Robert Child, Mrs. Robert Child (Sarah Jordell) and Sarah Anne Child, 1781, by Margaret Battine after Daniel Gardner
Upon Robert Child's death in 1782, an inventory of the silver at Osterley was taken. These dishes are almost certainly part of the "six large oblong dishes" and "fourteen small Do.", as the "sixty Dinner plates" from the same service are described as having "reed and ribbon Edges." (M. Tomlin, 'The 1782 Inventory of Osterley Park', Furniture History, 1986, vol. XXII, p. 127).
CAPTION: View of Osterley Park, by Anthony Devis (1729-1816)
CAPTION: Portrait of Robert Child, Mrs. Robert Child (Sarah Jordell) and Sarah Anne Child, 1781, by Margaret Battine after Daniel Gardner