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THE WARTON LAYETTE BASKET
A COMMONWEALTH SILVER LAYETTE BASKET
UNMARKED, CIRCA 1657
Details
A COMMONWEALTH SILVER LAYETTE BASKET
UNMARKED, CIRCA 1657
Oval and with flat corded rim, applied with two flower and foliage bracket handles, the broad border chased with sprays of flowers and fruiting branches, the centre later engraved with a coat of arms within Rococo cartouche, all within an oval floral wreath and surrounded by four allegorical scenes after engravings from Antonio Tempesta's Ovid's Metamorphoses, set in two panels with auricular masks and ornament between, the reverse of the central cartouche engraved with presentation inscription
30 ½ in. (77.5 cm.) wide overall
108 oz. 10 dwt. (3,374 gr.)
The inscription reads 'The gift of the Right Honourable the Lady Paulet to her daughter, Mris Susanna Wharton May: 5, 1657'.
The mid-18th century arms are those of Archer quartering Eyre impaling Fitzwilliam, for John Archer (c. 1722-1800) and his wife Lady Mary Fitzwilliam, the daughter of John Fitzwilliam, 2nd Earl Fitzwilliam (c.1685-1728) whom he married in 1751. John Archer was the son of William Archer né Eyre (1677-1739). of Coopersale, Theydon Garnon, Essex and Welford Park, Berkshire.
UNMARKED, CIRCA 1657
Oval and with flat corded rim, applied with two flower and foliage bracket handles, the broad border chased with sprays of flowers and fruiting branches, the centre later engraved with a coat of arms within Rococo cartouche, all within an oval floral wreath and surrounded by four allegorical scenes after engravings from Antonio Tempesta's Ovid's Metamorphoses, set in two panels with auricular masks and ornament between, the reverse of the central cartouche engraved with presentation inscription
30 ½ in. (77.5 cm.) wide overall
108 oz. 10 dwt. (3,374 gr.)
The inscription reads 'The gift of the Right Honourable the Lady Paulet to her daughter, Mris Susanna Wharton May: 5, 1657'.
The mid-18th century arms are those of Archer quartering Eyre impaling Fitzwilliam, for John Archer (c. 1722-1800) and his wife Lady Mary Fitzwilliam, the daughter of John Fitzwilliam, 2nd Earl Fitzwilliam (c.1685-1728) whom he married in 1751. John Archer was the son of William Archer né Eyre (1677-1739). of Coopersale, Theydon Garnon, Essex and Welford Park, Berkshire.
Provenance
Elizabeth, Lady Poulett (b.c.1593-1663), widow of John Poulett, 1st Baron Poulett (1585-1649), of Hinton St George, Somerset, a birthing gift to her daughter on 5 May 1657,
Mrs. Susanna Warton (b.c.1625-1682), wife of Michael Warton M.P. (1623-1688) of Beverley Park, and North Bar House, Beverley, Yorkshire, then by descent to their eldest son,
Sir Michael Warton Kt. (b.c.1648-1725), of of Beverley Park, and North Bar House, Beverley, Yorkshire and Albemarle Street, London, after his death without issue held in trust for the descendants of his three sisters, the youngest sister,
Susanna, Lady Newton (b.c.-1651-1737), who married as her second husband Sir John Newton 3rd Bt. (b.c.1651–1734), then to their son,
Sir Michael Newton 4th Bt. (b.c.1695-1748), who succeeded his uncle to the Warton estates in 1725, died unmarried, his estate passing to his sister,
Susanna Newton (d.1761) wife of William Eyre, later Archer, M.P. (1677-1739), of Coopersale, Essex and Welford Park, Berkshire, then to their eldest son,
John Archer (c.1722-1800) of Welford Park, Berkshire and his wife Lady Mary Fitzwilliam, whom he married in 1751, then by descent to their daughter,
Susannah Archer (b.c.1753-1837), wife of Jacob Houblon (1736-1783) of Hallingbury Place, Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire, in 1770, then by descent to their son,
John Archer Houblon (1773-1831) of Hallingbury Place, Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire and Welford Park, Berkshire, then by descent to his son,
John Archer Houblon (1803-1891) of Hallingbury Place, Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire and Welford Park, Berkshire, then by descent to his nephew,
Lt. Col. George Bramston Eyre, later Archer Houblon (1843-1913), of Hallingbury Place, Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire and Welford Park, Berkshire,
Col. Archer Houblon; Christie's, London, 20 March 1902, lot 51, (£131 to K), as probably by Van Vianen, Utrecht, 17th Century.
William Adolf Kolckmann (1870-1928) of Oakley Square, Camden, London, stockbroker,
Different Properties [W. A. Kolckmann]; Christie's, London, 11 June 1903, lot 114, (£101 to Colnaghi & Co.) as probably by Van Vianen, Utrecht, 17th Century.
With Colnaghi & Co. London, from 1903.
Mrs. Susanna Warton (b.c.1625-1682), wife of Michael Warton M.P. (1623-1688) of Beverley Park, and North Bar House, Beverley, Yorkshire, then by descent to their eldest son,
Sir Michael Warton Kt. (b.c.1648-1725), of of Beverley Park, and North Bar House, Beverley, Yorkshire and Albemarle Street, London, after his death without issue held in trust for the descendants of his three sisters, the youngest sister,
Susanna, Lady Newton (b.c.-1651-1737), who married as her second husband Sir John Newton 3rd Bt. (b.c.1651–1734), then to their son,
Sir Michael Newton 4th Bt. (b.c.1695-1748), who succeeded his uncle to the Warton estates in 1725, died unmarried, his estate passing to his sister,
Susanna Newton (d.1761) wife of William Eyre, later Archer, M.P. (1677-1739), of Coopersale, Essex and Welford Park, Berkshire, then to their eldest son,
John Archer (c.1722-1800) of Welford Park, Berkshire and his wife Lady Mary Fitzwilliam, whom he married in 1751, then by descent to their daughter,
Susannah Archer (b.c.1753-1837), wife of Jacob Houblon (1736-1783) of Hallingbury Place, Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire, in 1770, then by descent to their son,
John Archer Houblon (1773-1831) of Hallingbury Place, Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire and Welford Park, Berkshire, then by descent to his son,
John Archer Houblon (1803-1891) of Hallingbury Place, Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire and Welford Park, Berkshire, then by descent to his nephew,
Lt. Col. George Bramston Eyre, later Archer Houblon (1843-1913), of Hallingbury Place, Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire and Welford Park, Berkshire,
Col. Archer Houblon; Christie's, London, 20 March 1902, lot 51, (£131 to K), as probably by Van Vianen, Utrecht, 17th Century.
William Adolf Kolckmann (1870-1928) of Oakley Square, Camden, London, stockbroker,
Different Properties [W. A. Kolckmann]; Christie's, London, 11 June 1903, lot 114, (£101 to Colnaghi & Co.) as probably by Van Vianen, Utrecht, 17th Century.
With Colnaghi & Co. London, from 1903.
Literature
The Inventory of the Possessions of Michael Warton of Beverley, prepared after his death in 1688, p. 26, '1 silver baskett'.
Elizabeth Hall, ed., Michael Warton of North Bar House, Beverley, An Inventory of his Possessions, Hull, 1986, p. 39.
J. R. ter Molen, Van Vianen: een Utrechtse familie van zilversmeden met een internationale faam, Leiderdorp, 1984, vol. 2, p.134.
Elizabeth Hall, ed., Michael Warton of North Bar House, Beverley, An Inventory of his Possessions, Hull, 1986, p. 39.
J. R. ter Molen, Van Vianen: een Utrechtse familie van zilversmeden met een internationale faam, Leiderdorp, 1984, vol. 2, p.134.
Présenté par
Thomas Williams
International Head of English Furniture & Clocks