MARK OF PHILLIP RUNDELL, LONDON, 1821

Details

A SET OF TWELVE GEORGE IV SILVER-GILT DESSERT PLATES
MARK OF PHILLIP RUNDELL, LONDON, 1821
Each circular, the cast border with scrolling foliage and shells on a matted ground, the center flat chased with foliage and flowers, each engraved on reverse with a crest and struck with "RUNDELL BRIDGE ET RUNDELL AURIFICES REGIS LONDINI," each marked on reverse
9 in. (23 cm.) diameter; 189 oz. (5,881 gr.) (12)

Provenance

Sir Richard Sutton, 2nd Bt. (1798-1855); thence by descent
The Trustees of the Late Sir R. V. Sutton, Bt.
Sold Christie's London, 31 March 1976, lot 121
Christie's, London, 11 May, 1994, lot 233

Literature

Illustrated in Michael Clayton, Christie's Pictorial History of English and American Silver, p. 252

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Lot Essay

The crest is that of Sutton.

These dessert plates formed part of a grand dinner service supplied to Sir Richard Sutton, 2nd Bt. (1798-1855) by Royal goldsmiths Rundell Bridge and Rundell. See lot 173 for the silver-gilt centerpiece candelabrum that was also supplied to Sutton.

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