ANTIQUE 19thC VICTORIAN SOLID SILVER 12 DINNER PLATES, JOHN SAMUEL HUNT c.1857
19th Century Victorian silver set of twelve dinner plates, each of shaped-circular form with gadrooned borders. Each border is engraved with a family crest of Sir Glynne Earle Welby-Gregory 3rd Baronet. (1806-1875), who succeeded his father in 1852.
Hallmarked English silver (925), London, year 1854 (T), Maker's mark ISH for John Samuel Hunt.
Reference Number: C6585
19th Century Victorian silver set of twelve dinner plates, each of shaped-circular form with gadrooned borders. Each border is engraved with a family crest of Sir Glynne Earle Welby-Gregory 3rd Baronet. (1806-1875), who succeeded his father in 1852.
Hallmarked English silver (925), London, year 1854 (T), Maker's mark ISH for John Samuel Hunt.
Reference Number: C6585
19th Century Victorian silver set of twelve dinner plates, each of shaped-circular form with gadrooned borders. Each border is engraved with a family crest of Sir Glynne Earle Welby-Gregory 3rd Baronet. (1806-1875), who succeeded his father in 1852.
Hallmarked English silver (925), London, year 1854 (T), Maker's mark ISH for John Samuel Hunt.
Reference Number: C6585
DESCRIPTION
Antique mid-19th Century Victorian important solid silver set of twelve dinner plates, each of shaped-circular form with gadrooned borders. Each border is engraved with a family crest of Sir Glynne Earle Welby-Gregory 3rd Baronet. (1806-1875), who succeeded his father in 1852. Each piece is fully Hallmarked English silver (925 standard), London, year 1854 (T), Maker's mark ISH (John Samuel Hunt, Royal Silvermiths), further stamped with the retail mark 'Hunt & Roskell Late Storr & Mortimer 7450'
This prestigious firm of jewellers and silversmiths was originally founded by Paul Storr in 1819 when he left Rundell & Bridge to go in partnership with John Mortimer. John Samuel Hunt joined the company after his apprenticeship with Paul Storr and took his place after he retired in 1838, changing the name of the company to Mortimer and Hunt. In 1843 John Mortimer retired and the firm became finally Hunt and Roskell. At that time it counted three partners: John Samuel Hunt, his son and Robert Roskell Jr. (son of a watchmaker from Liverpool).
The firm was based in Bond Street, London and gained, presumably in the late 1840s, the Royal Warrant of Queen Victoria. Creating finely ornate centrepieces, tea sets, candelabra as well as impressive jewellery, they also received the appreciation of the Imperial Russian Court, that commissioned several pieces. Their silverware is often naturalistically modelled and exquisitely detailed, decorated with floral and vegetal motifs and scrolling patterns.
The firm exhibited at the Great Exhibition at the Crystal Palace in London in 1851 and subsequently in New York (1853) and Paris (1867) growing in popularity and prosperity not just in England but also abroad. After the death of John Hunt and Robert Ruskell, their sons kept running the business. The company became a Limited company and survived until the late 1960’s.
CONDITION
In Great Condition - No Damage.
SIZE
Height (each): 2cm
Width (each): 25cm
Total Weight: 6700g