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Lot Essay
Richard, 1st Baron Edgcumbe (1680-1758) was a prominent Whig politician and Member of Parliament from 1701-1742. As a member of Sir Robert Walpole's intimate circle, Edgcumbe held numerous political posts in his government, including serving as Paymaster General for Ireland and as Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster. Following his elevation to the peerage in 1742, Edgcumbe served as lord lieutenant of Cornwall from that year until his death.
Lord Edgcumbe was an important patron of Paul de Lamerie. Although this meat dish bears hallmarks for 1727, it was likely refashioned by Lamerie after Edgcumbe's elevation to the peerage in 1742. In 1747 Lamerie altered a pair of Edgcumbe's soup tureens with hallmarks for 1722, now in the Gilbert Collection. Timothy Schroder argues that the tureens were refashioned by Lamerie in 1747, not only because of the Baron's coronet, which Edgcumbe was only entitled to display after 1742, but also a pair of soup ladles by Lamerie made to go with the tureens, are hallmarked for 1747. The present meat dishes, then, are very likely to date from 1747 as well.
See Timothy Schroder, The Gilbert Collection of Gold and Silver, 1988, pp. 169-174
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Richard Edgcumbe, 1st Baron Edgcumbe, by Sir Godfrey Kneller
Courtesy Mount Edgcumbe House & Park, Cornwall
Lord Edgcumbe was an important patron of Paul de Lamerie. Although this meat dish bears hallmarks for 1727, it was likely refashioned by Lamerie after Edgcumbe's elevation to the peerage in 1742. In 1747 Lamerie altered a pair of Edgcumbe's soup tureens with hallmarks for 1722, now in the Gilbert Collection. Timothy Schroder argues that the tureens were refashioned by Lamerie in 1747, not only because of the Baron's coronet, which Edgcumbe was only entitled to display after 1742, but also a pair of soup ladles by Lamerie made to go with the tureens, are hallmarked for 1747. The present meat dishes, then, are very likely to date from 1747 as well.
See Timothy Schroder, The Gilbert Collection of Gold and Silver, 1988, pp. 169-174
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Richard Edgcumbe, 1st Baron Edgcumbe, by Sir Godfrey Kneller
Courtesy Mount Edgcumbe House & Park, Cornwall