MAKER'S MARK RB ONLY, CIRCA 1780

细节

A George III gold goblet
Maker's mark RB only, circa 1780
On spreading square foot with gadrooned borders, the vase shaped cup engraved with ribbon-tied husking and floral garlands, wreaths and paterae, one wreath enclosing a coat-of-arms, another, initials and a motto, marked on foot-rim twice with maker's mark only
5½in. (13.75cm.) high
7oz. (217gr.)

来源

Given to Jane, Lady Rogers (d.1800) by her husband Sir Frederick Leman Rogers 5th Bt. (1746-1797) after the birth of their first son.
Jules Semon Bache (1861-1944)
The Rt. Hon Michael Noble; Christie's London, 13 December 1967, lot 40 (£3,000 to Garrard)
A Gentleman; Christie's London, 24 May 1989, lot 213

出版

M. Clayton, Christie's Pictorial History of English and American Silver, Oxford, 1985, p. 229, illustrated fig. 12
Christie's Review of the Season, London, 1989, p. 307, illustrated

注意事项

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拍品专文

The initials and inscription on the goblet point to it having been a gift from Sir Frederick to his wife Jane after the birth of their first son, John Leman Rogers, on 18 April 1780. His birth after seven daughters, two of whom died young, would have a been a cause for great celebration. Three further sons and a daughter followed in the next seven years. Frederick Rogers had eloped with Jane Lillicrap, the daughter of John Lillicrap, to Gretna Green on 21 December 1769. They were married again on 27 June the following year, at Plympton St. Maurice, co. Devon. The Rogers family had been active in the politics of Devon since the late 17th century. Sir Frederick was M.P. for Plymouth from 1780 to 1784 and again from 1790 until his death in 1797. He was supported by the Whig government in the 1790 election and was personally endorsed by Pitt. Following the death of his father in 1777 he succeeded to the baronetcy and his estates in Devon. It was probably Sir Frederick 5th Bt. who remodelled the family house, Blatchford Park in the late 18th century.