Lot 99
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A SET OF FOUR REGENCY SILVER VEGETABLE DISHES AND COVERS ON SHEFFIELD-PLATED WARMING STANDS FROM THE SHAFTESBURY SERVICE
A SET OF FOUR REGENCY SILVER VEGETABLE DISHES AND COVERS ON SHEFFIELD-PLATED WARMING STANDS FROM THE SHAFTESBURY SERVICE

MARK OF PHILIP RUNDELL, LONDON, 1819, THE STANDS MARK OF MATTHEW BOULTON

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A SET OF FOUR REGENCY SILVER VEGETABLE DISHES AND COVERS ON SHEFFIELD-PLATED WARMING STANDS FROM THE SHAFTESBURY SERVICE
MARK OF PHILIP RUNDELL, LONDON, 1819, THE STANDS MARK OF MATTHEW BOULTON
Each shaped circular with elaborate foliate scroll and shell border, the high-domed fluted conforming cover surmounted by a leafy bracket handle and acanthus calyx, the dishes each engraved with an Earl's coronet and three crests, the covers applied with an Earl's coat-of-arms and engraved with three crests, the conforming circular stands on four feet, with acanthus and honeysuckle border and two bracket handles, with Sheffield plated warming dish, each marked on reverses, under cover, on applied arms, calyx and handle, and under stand
10¼ in. (25.8 cm.) diameter; 259 oz. (8,055 gr.) (4)
Provenance
The Davis Collection, sold Christie's, New York, 19 October 2001, lot 229

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Lot Essay

The arms are those of Cropley Ashley-Cooper, the 6th Earl of Shaftesbury (1768-1851) who was educated at Winchester and Oxford. He married Lady Anne, daughter of George Spencer, the 4th Duke of Marlborough in 1796 and succeeded his father in 1811. From 1814 until 1851, he was the Chairman of Committees in the House of Lords and described as "... a man of undignified presence, of indistinct and hurried speech, of hasty and brusque manner; but there was a general impression that the House of Lords could not have had a more efficient Chairman."

Additonal pieces from the Shaftesbury Service sold from the Davis Collection, Christie's, New York, 19 October 2001, lots 226-228.

Photo caption:
Cropley Ashley-Cooper, 6th Earl of Shaftesbury (1768-1851), National Portrait Gallery of Illustrious and Eminent Personages

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