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Lot Essay
The Duke of Norfolk Service
The present dinner-plates form part of an extensive dinner supplied by Rundell, Bridge and Rundell to Bernard Edward, 12th Duke of Norfolk (1765-1842). The service has been noted for the richness of the decoration on the individual pieces and extravagant use of silver. Made by Paul Storr between 1808 and 1817, the service was divided between the duke's grandsons, the 14th Duke and Edward, 1st Baron Howard. Their services, today at Carlton Towers in Yorkshire and at Arundel Castle, comprise six massive soup-tureens, four wine-coolers, twelve entrée-dishes, and additional dinner-plates and meat-dishes. Over two thousand ounces of the service were sold in Christie's, New York on 20 October 1999, lot 241 and a further thirteen hundred ounces were sold Christie's, New York, 19 October 2001. A set of ten dinner-plates from the service were sold in these rooms 10 June 2010, lot 358. The Gilbert Collection retains a pair of entrée dishes, covers and stands, four further, smaller, a set of four vegetable dishes and covers, two meat dishes and covers, two further smaller and a further six dinner-plates, Schroder, op. cit., pp. 425-429.
The present dinner-plates form part of an extensive dinner supplied by Rundell, Bridge and Rundell to Bernard Edward, 12th Duke of Norfolk (1765-1842). The service has been noted for the richness of the decoration on the individual pieces and extravagant use of silver. Made by Paul Storr between 1808 and 1817, the service was divided between the duke's grandsons, the 14th Duke and Edward, 1st Baron Howard. Their services, today at Carlton Towers in Yorkshire and at Arundel Castle, comprise six massive soup-tureens, four wine-coolers, twelve entrée-dishes, and additional dinner-plates and meat-dishes. Over two thousand ounces of the service were sold in Christie's, New York on 20 October 1999, lot 241 and a further thirteen hundred ounces were sold Christie's, New York, 19 October 2001. A set of ten dinner-plates from the service were sold in these rooms 10 June 2010, lot 358. The Gilbert Collection retains a pair of entrée dishes, covers and stands, four further, smaller, a set of four vegetable dishes and covers, two meat dishes and covers, two further smaller and a further six dinner-plates, Schroder, op. cit., pp. 425-429.