Object Detail
Description
cake basket, shaped oval form, swing-handled, flat-chased flowers and rocaille below sides pierced with leaf scrolls and saltires, Vitruvian scroll border incorporating bacchanalian figures and rams, engraved with a coat-of-arms, the handle with wheatsheaf brackets and centred by later armorials within a contemporary cartouche, on shell supports below further wheat sheaves.
The arms on the handle are those of Darby with Grant in pretence, probably for Francis Darby (1753-1850) of Sunnyside House, Coalbrookdale. He was the great-great-grandson of John Darby, founder of the celebrated ironworks at Coalbrookdale. Francis married Hannah, only child and heiress of John Grant of Leighton Buzzard, Bedfordshire, on 16 June 1808.
The engraved arms in the basket are those of Sir Robert Peel, Bt., Prime Minister of the United Kingdom between 1834-35 and 1841-48.
The arms on the handle are those of Darby with Grant in pretence, probably for Francis Darby (1753-1850) of Sunnyside House, Coalbrookdale. He was the great-great-grandson of John Darby, founder of the celebrated ironworks at Coalbrookdale. Francis married Hannah, only child and heiress of John Grant of Leighton Buzzard, Bedfordshire, on 16 June 1808.
The engraved arms in the basket are those of Sir Robert Peel, Bt., Prime Minister of the United Kingdom between 1834-35 and 1841-48.
Maker and role
silversmith: John Jacob (English, active Post 1734)
Production place
London, England
Production date
1753
Media description
sterling silver
Measurements
overall: 290 mm; basket: 140 x 350 x 310 mm
scratch weight 60=5
scratch weight 60=5
Inscriptions
with coat of arms for Sir Robert Peel
Credit line
bequest of C H (Roger) Brookes, Melbourne, 2021
Project credit line
This digital record has been made available on TJC Collection Online through a significant donation from the OPENING DOORS fund, the generous support of The Friends of The Johnston Collection, and Digitisation Champion Christine Bell and a specified fund established from the Estate of Mr. Clive Hele (Roger) Brookes.
Accession number
A1722
TJC reference number
6448
