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Hugh Percy, 3rd Duke of Northumberland K.G.
Hugh, Duke of Northumberland (1785-1847) was educated at Eton and St. John's College, Cambridge. After sitting in the House of Commons he was summoned to the House of Lords in 1812 and was styled Baron Percy until his father's death in 1817. He was invested with the Order of the Garter in 1819 and was King George IV's sword bearer at his coronation in 1821. He was also present at the coronation of King Charles X of France in 1825, when he represented the King. The cost of the mission was borne by the Duke, the value of the jewels and plate alone was reported to be £200,000.
The ornament was intended to harmonise with the interior decoration and silver introduced in the 1770s at Northumberland House, London and Syon House, Middlesex, for Hugh, 1st Duke of Northumberland by Robert Adam (d.1792), architect to King George III and author of The Works in Architecture of Robert and James Adam, 1779, vol. I, the second volume of which was published in 1822.
The firm of Rundell, Bridge and Rundell supplied large quantities of silver and silver-gilt the 3rd Duke from 1822 to 1831. Many of these commissions are recorded in the Percy Letters in the Northumberland archives. The company additionally gilded and repaired pieces in the duke's existing collection, and provided insurance for the transport of the duke's plate to France when he travelled there in 1825. He was a prodigious collector of highest quality silver and silver-gilt: the duke's probate inventory prepared after his death indicated that at Northumberland House alone were listed twenty-nine chests.
A pair of oval warming dishes of the same date and maker were sold, Property from the Collection of Neil and Sharon Phillips; Christie's, New York, 26 October 2007, lot 143. A set of eight George III silver-gilt cushion-shaped dishes of 1763, from the same service, matching the present lot were sold, Mount Congreve: The London Sale; Christie's, London, 23 May 2012, lot 18.
Hugh, Duke of Northumberland (1785-1847) was educated at Eton and St. John's College, Cambridge. After sitting in the House of Commons he was summoned to the House of Lords in 1812 and was styled Baron Percy until his father's death in 1817. He was invested with the Order of the Garter in 1819 and was King George IV's sword bearer at his coronation in 1821. He was also present at the coronation of King Charles X of France in 1825, when he represented the King. The cost of the mission was borne by the Duke, the value of the jewels and plate alone was reported to be £200,000.
The ornament was intended to harmonise with the interior decoration and silver introduced in the 1770s at Northumberland House, London and Syon House, Middlesex, for Hugh, 1st Duke of Northumberland by Robert Adam (d.1792), architect to King George III and author of The Works in Architecture of Robert and James Adam, 1779, vol. I, the second volume of which was published in 1822.
The firm of Rundell, Bridge and Rundell supplied large quantities of silver and silver-gilt the 3rd Duke from 1822 to 1831. Many of these commissions are recorded in the Percy Letters in the Northumberland archives. The company additionally gilded and repaired pieces in the duke's existing collection, and provided insurance for the transport of the duke's plate to France when he travelled there in 1825. He was a prodigious collector of highest quality silver and silver-gilt: the duke's probate inventory prepared after his death indicated that at Northumberland House alone were listed twenty-nine chests.
A pair of oval warming dishes of the same date and maker were sold, Property from the Collection of Neil and Sharon Phillips; Christie's, New York, 26 October 2007, lot 143. A set of eight George III silver-gilt cushion-shaped dishes of 1763, from the same service, matching the present lot were sold, Mount Congreve: The London Sale; Christie's, London, 23 May 2012, lot 18.