Lot 592
592
A DUTCH SILVER FLAGON
A DUTCH SILVER FLAGON

MARK OF JOHANNES SCHIOTLING, AMSTERDAM, 1772

Details
A DUTCH SILVER FLAGON
MARK OF JOHANNES SCHIOTLING, AMSTERDAM, 1772
Tapering cylindrical and on moulded reeded foot, the body and scroll handle each applied and engraved with foliage scrolls and flowers, the hinged domed cover similarly applied and engraved and rising to a rocaille scroll, with cast foliage and rocaille thumbpiece, engraved with a coat-of-arms, marked underneath and on cover bezel, further marked underneath, near rim and on cover bezel with a later Dutch tax mark
12 ½ in. (31 cm.) high
124 oz. 15 dwt. (3,880 gr.)
The arms are those of John Orton. John Orton was the second husband of Elizabeth Tyrwhit. Their daughter, Anne Orton married the Nottingham lawyer, George Gregory, son of another George Gregory, High Sheriff of Nottinghamshire and M.P. for Nottingham from 1702-1722, and Susanna Williams, heir to estates at Rempstone, near Loughborough, and Denton the neighbouring village to Harlaxton.
Provenance
The Orton family, presumably by bequest to,
Gregory de Ligne Gregory (1786-1854) of Harlaxton Manor, Lincolnshire, by bequest to,
Sir Glynne Earle Welby-Gregory 3rd Bt. (1806-1875) and then by descent.
Literature
Inventory of articles (heirlooms, including library and works of art) at Harlaxton New Manor House, 1864-66, National Archives, Kew, Ms. J 90/1217, p. 58, no. 64, ‘Plate’:
No. 64, ‘A massive tankard ornamented with raised foliage – 124 oz. 12 dwt.’
Sale room notice
The arms are those of de Ligne and not as stated in the printed catalogue.

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Lot Essay

Johannes Schiotling (1730-1799) was a leading silversmith in 18th century Amsterdam. Among his prominent clients was the merchant and banker John Hope (1737-1784), of Groenendaal, Heemstede. Schiotling’s was a significant influence on other Dutch silversmiths and in 1977 the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam organised an exhibition of his work and his circle. A comparable tankard of 1767 by Schiotling is on loan from the Foundation Esse non Videri to the Rijksmuseum. This 1767 example is of the same form albeit on a smaller scale, measuring 22 cm. high. The sides are also applied with flowering branches and it has a chased domed cover. Another tankard by Schiotling of 1767, sold, Christie’s, Amsterdam, 3 December 1992, lot 1065.

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