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WILLIAM, 4TH EARL AND 1ST DUKE OF DEVONSHIRE (1640-1707)
William Cavendish, one of the leaders of the Whig party, played an important part in the Glorious Revolution of 1688 which resulted in the flight of King James II and the accession of William of Orange and his wife Mary, King James II's daughter, to the throne of England. The grateful monarchs raised him from an earldom to a dukedom and appointed him Lord Steward of the Royal Household, a position he held from 1689 throughout the King and Queen's reigns. He was re-appointed by Queen Anne and remained in the office until his death in 1707. He also served as Lord High Steward of England at the coronations of both William and Mary and Queen Anne. He is likely to have received these dinner plates as a perquisite of office in his role as Lord Steward of the Royal Household to King William and Queen Mary.
He is celebrated as the builder of Chatsworth in Derbyshire, one of the most magnificent stately homes in the country. A house had existed on the site since the 16th century, when his ancestress Bess of Hardwick (c.1527-1608) and her husband Sir William Cavendish (1505-1557) bought the manor of Chatsworth. The 4th Earl made extensive alterations to his seat, taking down the South Front and building family rooms and a magnificent suite of State Apartments intended for the reception of a royal visit from King William and Queen Mary; he added the East Front, rebuilt the West Front, possibly to his own design, and the North Front, added the Painted Hall and a long gallery, and embarked upon a series of plans for formal gardens, including the Cascade, which still exists.
PHILIP ROLLOS
Philip Rollos appears in the denization list of 1691. Although his country of origin is not recorded and virtually nothing is known of his early career, he is listed as a plate worker as early as 1675, but he did not obtain his freedom from the Goldsmiths' Company until 1697. He held the post of Subordinate Goldsmith to both King William III and Queen Anne and remained one of the most prominent Huguenot goldsmiths until the early years of the reign of King George I. His major surviving works are the magnificent cisterns of 1699 in the Hermitage, St. Petersburg and the Marlborough Plate at Althorp, Northamptonshire.
Amongst the major surviving works by Rollos is the Marlborough Cistern, 1701, in the collection of the Earls Spencer, the Chudleigh Kingston Cistern, circa 1705, in the Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg and the Burghley Cistern, circa 1710, at Burghley House, Stamford. There are a number of his royal commissions in existence, including a pair of Queen Anne silver-gilt tazze, attributed to Rollos, circa 1705 and a set of three Queen Anne silver-gilt casters, 1705, cited above, both from the Raby Plate, a George I ewer and basin, 1717, from the Dukes of Cumberland, The Bingley Ambassadorial cups, covers and stands, circa 1714, now in the Victoria and Albert Museum, a set of Queen Anne dinner plates, 1701, originally in the collection of the Dukes of Devonshire, and an inkstand of 1716 given to Sir John Rushout 4th Bt. as Lord of the Treasury. Other private commissions include a wine fountain of 1708 made for the Duke of Leeds, a set of soup plates made for Charles, 1st Earl of Hopetoun and a chamber candlestick of 1711 from the collection of the Earls of Clanwilliam. A pair of William and Mary silver-gilt tazze, circa 1690, made for William, 5th Earl of Devonshire are being offered as lot 316 in this sale.
William Cavendish, one of the leaders of the Whig party, played an important part in the Glorious Revolution of 1688 which resulted in the flight of King James II and the accession of William of Orange and his wife Mary, King James II's daughter, to the throne of England. The grateful monarchs raised him from an earldom to a dukedom and appointed him Lord Steward of the Royal Household, a position he held from 1689 throughout the King and Queen's reigns. He was re-appointed by Queen Anne and remained in the office until his death in 1707. He also served as Lord High Steward of England at the coronations of both William and Mary and Queen Anne. He is likely to have received these dinner plates as a perquisite of office in his role as Lord Steward of the Royal Household to King William and Queen Mary.
He is celebrated as the builder of Chatsworth in Derbyshire, one of the most magnificent stately homes in the country. A house had existed on the site since the 16th century, when his ancestress Bess of Hardwick (c.1527-1608) and her husband Sir William Cavendish (1505-1557) bought the manor of Chatsworth. The 4th Earl made extensive alterations to his seat, taking down the South Front and building family rooms and a magnificent suite of State Apartments intended for the reception of a royal visit from King William and Queen Mary; he added the East Front, rebuilt the West Front, possibly to his own design, and the North Front, added the Painted Hall and a long gallery, and embarked upon a series of plans for formal gardens, including the Cascade, which still exists.
PHILIP ROLLOS
Philip Rollos appears in the denization list of 1691. Although his country of origin is not recorded and virtually nothing is known of his early career, he is listed as a plate worker as early as 1675, but he did not obtain his freedom from the Goldsmiths' Company until 1697. He held the post of Subordinate Goldsmith to both King William III and Queen Anne and remained one of the most prominent Huguenot goldsmiths until the early years of the reign of King George I. His major surviving works are the magnificent cisterns of 1699 in the Hermitage, St. Petersburg and the Marlborough Plate at Althorp, Northamptonshire.
Amongst the major surviving works by Rollos is the Marlborough Cistern, 1701, in the collection of the Earls Spencer, the Chudleigh Kingston Cistern, circa 1705, in the Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg and the Burghley Cistern, circa 1710, at Burghley House, Stamford. There are a number of his royal commissions in existence, including a pair of Queen Anne silver-gilt tazze, attributed to Rollos, circa 1705 and a set of three Queen Anne silver-gilt casters, 1705, cited above, both from the Raby Plate, a George I ewer and basin, 1717, from the Dukes of Cumberland, The Bingley Ambassadorial cups, covers and stands, circa 1714, now in the Victoria and Albert Museum, a set of Queen Anne dinner plates, 1701, originally in the collection of the Dukes of Devonshire, and an inkstand of 1716 given to Sir John Rushout 4th Bt. as Lord of the Treasury. Other private commissions include a wine fountain of 1708 made for the Duke of Leeds, a set of soup plates made for Charles, 1st Earl of Hopetoun and a chamber candlestick of 1711 from the collection of the Earls of Clanwilliam. A pair of William and Mary silver-gilt tazze, circa 1690, made for William, 5th Earl of Devonshire are being offered as lot 316 in this sale.