MARK OF FRANCIS NELME, LONDON, 1734

細節

A GEORGE II SILVER CUP AND COVER
MARK OF FRANCIS NELME, LONDON, 1734
Inverted bell shape and on a spreading foot cast and chased with fruiting grapevines, the lower body similarly decorated and with a central moulded band, with two openwork fruiting grapevine handles, the detachable cover with a grape finial, engraved with a coat-of-arms, marked underneath and on cover bezel, the base further engraved with a scratchweight '109=15'
12¾ in. (32.3 cm.) high
109 oz. (3,391 gr.)
The arms are those of the See of Derry impaling Rundle, for Thomas Rundle (1687/8-1743), Bishop of Derry in 1735.

來源

Thomas Rundle, Bishop of Derry (1687/8-1743), presumably bequeathed to The Hon. John Talbot (d.1756) and then by descent to
The Right Honourable Earl of Shrewsbury and Waterford; Christie's London, 4 March 1964, lot 142

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拍品專文

Thomas Rundle was the son of an Exeter clergyman. He attended grammar school in Exeter and then Exeter College, Oxford where he met Edward Talbot (1693-1720), younger son of William Talbot (1659-1720), Bishop of Salisbury. Through the patronage of the Talbot family Rundle was appointed to a succession of offices culminating in his appointment to the see of Gloucester in 1733. Opposition within certain factions of the church led the post being given to Martin Benson and Rundle's appointment to the see of Derry. Rundle greatly enjoyed his life in Ireland, building himself a house Dublin and winning the affection of the local clergy. He died unmarried and left much of his fortune to John Talbot (d.1749), nephew of his great friend Edward Talbot.