An important George II silver oval tureen and cover by George Wickes London 1737, on four lion-mask and claw and ball capped feet, the handles cast as the crest of Fane (a bull's head), the body applied with cast amorials of Fane and Rowe within rococo cartouches, the stepped and domed lid with cast and applied the crests of Fane in rococo cartouches and classical heads within rococo shell and foliate decoration on textured backgrounds, the cast scroll handle with highly stylised lion mask, paw and leaf decoration, fully hallmarked on the lid and body, scratch weight 151 oz 3d, 42cm (18.5in) long, 4035g (129.7oz) The arms are those of Henry Fane of Wormsley, Watlington, Oxon., MP for Lyme Regis (1757-1777) and his first wife (17 July 1735) Charlotte, daughter of Nicholas Rowe, the celebrated poet and dramatist (born 1674) who was buried in Westminster Abbey in 1718. Nicholas Rowe held an appointment of Clerk of Presentations to Thomas Parker, Earl of Macclesfield. Charlotte bore one child but died on 29 Sept 1739, and on 20 May 1742 Henry Fane married Ann Wynn, daughter of the Bishop of Bath and Wells. Ann bore one daughter and disappears from the record. In 1748 Henry Fane married Charlotte, daughter and co-heir (with her sister, Rebecca Taylor) of John Luther of Myles's, Essex. See lot 77 in the sale for a marble bust of Nicholas Rowe after John Michael Rysbrack. The Garrard Ledgers in The Victoria & Albert Museum Archives Library show the following entry in George Wickes' accounts: 'Henry Fane August 4th 1737 'Turreen & cover' (sic) 131ozs .10; cost ú55.0s.0d.'. The accounts state that Henry Fane paid for the tureen August 20th 1737, in cash the sum of ú57. 15s., which included other work carried out. The castings of the handles on this tureen had been used by Wickes on an earlier tureen for Lord North in 1735. Another tureen, made for Frederick, Prince of Wales in 1743, employed the same cast handle and lion masks and paw feet. Similar handle and feet castings were later used by Paul de Lamerie on a tureen of 1751. Literature: Barr, E. 'George Wickes', Studio Vista/Christie's, 1980, p 123, 151 and 154 for illustrations of the tureens made by Wickes for Lord North and Frederick, Prince Of Wales
An important George II silver oval tureen and cover by George Wickes London 1737, on four lion-mask and claw and ball capped feet, the handles cast as the crest of Fane (a bull's head), the body applied with cast amorials of Fane and Rowe within rococo cartouches, the stepped and domed lid with cast and applied the crests of Fane in rococo cartouches and classical heads within rococo shell and foliate decoration on textured backgrounds, the cast scroll handle with highly stylised lion mask, paw and leaf decoration, fully hallmarked on the lid and body, scratch weight 151 oz 3d, 42cm (18.5in) long, 4035g (129.7oz) The arms are those of Henry Fane of Wormsley, Watlington, Oxon., MP for Lyme Regis (1757-1777) and his first wife (17 July 1735) Charlotte, daughter of Nicholas Rowe, the celebrated poet and dramatist (born 1674) who was buried in Westminster Abbey in 1718. Nicholas Rowe held an appointment of Clerk of Presentations to Thomas Parker, Earl of Macclesfield. Charlotte bore one child but died on 29 Sept 1739, and on 20 May 1742 Henry Fane married Ann Wynn, daughter of the Bishop of Bath and Wells. Ann bore one daughter and disappears from the record. In 1748 Henry Fane married Charlotte, daughter and co-heir (with her sister, Rebecca Taylor) of John Luther of Myles's, Essex. See lot 77 in the sale for a marble bust of Nicholas Rowe after John Michael Rysbrack. The Garrard Ledgers in The Victoria & Albert Museum Archives Library show the following entry in George Wickes' accounts: 'Henry Fane August 4th 1737 'Turreen & cover' (sic) 131ozs .10; cost ú55.0s.0d.'. The accounts state that Henry Fane paid for the tureen August 20th 1737, in cash the sum of ú57. 15s., which included other work carried out. The castings of the handles on this tureen had been used by Wickes on an earlier tureen for Lord North in 1735. Another tureen, made for Frederick, Prince of Wales in 1743, employed the same cast handle and lion masks and paw feet. Similar handle and feet castings were later used by Paul de Lamerie on a tureen of 1751. Literature: Barr, E. 'George Wickes', Studio Vista/Christie's, 1980, p 123, 151 and 154 for illustrations of the tureens made by Wickes for Lord North and Frederick, Prince Of Wales
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