{"meta":{"version":"2.1","_links":{"self":{"href":"https://api.vam.ac.uk/v2/object/O156544"},"collection_page":{"href":"https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O156544/"}},"images":{"_primary_thumbnail":"https://framemark.vam.ac.uk/collections/2009CC6670/full/!100,100/0/default.jpg","_iiif_image":"https://framemark.vam.ac.uk/collections/2009CC6670/","_alt_iiif_image":[],"imageResolution":"high","_images_meta":[{"assetRef":"2009CC6670","copyright":"© Victoria and Albert Museum, London/ © the Rosalinde & Arthur Gilbert Collection, on loan to the Victoria and Albert Museum, London ","sensitiveImage":false},{"assetRef":"2009CC6732","copyright":"© Victoria and Albert Museum, London/ © the Rosalinde & Arthur Gilbert Collection, on loan to the Victoria and Albert Museum, London ","sensitiveImage":false},{"assetRef":"2009CC6707","copyright":"© Victoria and Albert Museum, London/ © the Rosalinde & Arthur Gilbert Collection, on loan to the Victoria and Albert Museum, London ","sensitiveImage":false},{"assetRef":"2009CC6683","copyright":"© Victoria and Albert Museum, London/ © the Rosalinde & Arthur Gilbert Collection, on loan to the Victoria and Albert Museum, London ","sensitiveImage":false},{"assetRef":"2009CC6674","copyright":"© Victoria and Albert Museum, London/ © the Rosalinde & Arthur Gilbert Collection, on loan to the Victoria and Albert Museum, London ","sensitiveImage":false}]},"see_also":{"_iiif_pres":"https://iiif.vam.ac.uk/collections/O156544/manifest.json","_alt_iiif_pres":[]}},"record":{"systemNumber":"O156544","accessionNumber":"LOAN:GILBERT.733-2008","objectType":"Cream jug","titles":[],"summaryDescription":"The sculptural quality of this jug is characteristic of Paul de Lamerie's work of the 1730s. The feet are formed as shells and dolphins, whose tails are entwined under the base. This jug, decorated with applied Rococo scrollwork, introduced in the 1730s, compares with contemporary silver sauceboats. It is cast and chased with acanthus foliage and overlapping waves with serpentine horizontal bands at regular intervals. The handle, with its cast human head, is particularly striking. The dolphin shell feet recall silver made in London in the 17th century fashionable auricular style. \r\n\r\nWhen King Louis XIV revoked the Edict of Nantes in 1685, Huguenots (French Protestants) were forced to leave the country. Many were craftsmen who settled in London.  Their technical skills and fashionable French style ensured the luxury silver, furniture, watches and jewellery they made were highly sought after.  Huguenot specialists transformed English silver by introducing higher standards of craftsmanship. They promoted new forms, such as the soup tureen and sauceboat, and introduced a new repertoire of ornament, with cast sculptural details and exquisite engraving.\r\n\r\nSir Arthur Gilbert and his wife Rosalinde formed one of the world's great decorative art collections, including silver,  mosaics, enamelled portrait miniatures and gold boxes.  Arthur Gilbert donated his extraordinary collection to Britain in 1996.","physicalDescription":"A cream jug of oval form rests on three feet formed from dolphins, with intertwined tails, perched on shells. The body is chased and engraved at the base with a calyx of leaves and above with panels of scrolls and imbricated scalework; it has a shaped scroll-and-foliage lip. The handle rises from a shell in the form of a scroll entwined with a serpent and terminating in a mask.","artistMakerPerson":[{"name":{"text":"Lamerie, Paul de","id":"A8591"},"association":{"text":"maker","id":"AAT251917"},"note":"probably"}],"artistMakerOrganisations":[],"artistMakerPeople":[],"materials":[{"text":"silver-gilt","id":"x37998"}],"techniques":[{"text":"chasing","id":"AAT54016"},{"text":"engraving (incising)","id":"AAT53829"}],"materialsAndTechniques":"Chased and engraved silver-gilt","categories":[{"text":"Food vessels & Tableware","id":"THES48952"},{"text":"Metalwork","id":"THES48920"},{"text":"Silver","id":"THES251836"}],"styles":[{"text":"rococo","id":"AAT21155"},{"text":"Auricular","id":"AAT21165"}],"collectionCode":{"text":"MET","id":"THES48599"},"images":["2009CC6670","2009CC6732","2009CC6707","2009CC6683","2009CC6674"],"imageResolution":"high","galleryLocations":[{"current":{"text":"72A","id":"THES413998"},"free":"","case":"CA002","shelf":"","box":""}],"partTypes":[[{"text":"cream jug","id":""}]],"contentWarnings":[{"apprise":"","note":""}],"placesOfOrigin":[{"place":{"text":"London","id":"x28980"},"association":{"text":"made","id":"x28654"},"note":""}],"productionDates":[{"date":{"text":"ca. 1735","earliest":"1730-01-01","latest":"1739-12-31"},"association":{"text":"made","id":"x28654"},"note":""}],"associatedObjects":[],"creditLine":"The Rosalinde and Arthur Gilbert Collection on loan to the Victoria and Albert Museum, London","dimensions":[{"dimension":"Height","value":"12.2","unit":"cm","qualifier":"","date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"part":"","note":""},{"dimension":"Width","value":"12.5","unit":"cm","qualifier":"","date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"part":"","note":""},{"dimension":"Depth","value":"7.6","unit":"cm","qualifier":"","date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"part":"","note":""},{"dimension":"Weight","value":"340","unit":"g","qualifier":"","date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"part":"","note":""}],"dimensionsNote":"Measured 30/04/24 IW ","marksAndInscriptions":[{"content":"No marks","inscriber":{"name":{"text":"","id":""},"association":{"text":"","id":""}},"date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"description":"","interpretation":"","language":"","medium":"","method":"","position":"","script":"","translation":"","transliteration":"","type":"","note":""}],"objectHistory":"Provenance: Francis Stonor.  Lord Camoys, sale, Christie's, lot 33, March 21, 1979.","historicalContext":"By the early 18th century the British had developed a taste for milk in their tea, rather than weak tea drunk in the Chinese style. The silver milk jug, uncommon before the turn of the century, became a more familiar part of the tea service. However, the goldsmith and retailer George Wickes only sold two 'milk boats' and six cream ewers in ten years. \n\r\nTea began to be imported in the 17th century and was both fashionable and expensive. As a beverage which was mainly enjoyed by the upper classes, objects associated with tea are often made of precious metals or costly ceramics. The family's wealth and status could thus be displayed when offering tea at social gatherings.\r\n","briefDescription":"Silver, London, ca.1735 (no marks), Paul de Lamerie","bibliographicReferences":[{"reference":{"text":"","id":""},"details":"","free":"Grimwade, Arthur. 'Mr Francis Stonor's Collection of Silvergilt - 1'. <u>The Connoisseur</u>, Antique Dealers' Fair & Exhibition Number, June 1960, fig. 10, p. 43;Schroder, Timothy. <u>The Gilbert collection of gold and silver</u>, Los Angeles (Los Angeles County Museum of Art) 1988, cat. no. 54, pp. 218-221.  ISBN.0875871445 "},{"reference":{"text":"","id":""},"details":"","free":"Schroder, Timothy. <u>The Gilbert collection of gold and silver</u>. Los Angeles (Los Angeles County Museum of Art) 1988, cat. no. 54, pp. 218-21. ISBN.0875871445."}],"production":"","productionType":{"text":"","id":""},"contentDescription":"","contentPlaces":[],"associatedPlaces":[],"contentPerson":[],"associatedPerson":[],"contentOrganisations":[],"associatedOrganisations":[],"contentPeople":[],"associatedPeople":[],"contentEvents":[],"associatedEvents":[],"contentOthers":[{"text":"dolphins","id":"AAT7937"},{"text":"shells","id":"x30562"},{"text":"foliage","id":"x42645"},{"text":"serpent","id":"AAT42758"},{"text":"mask","id":"x30067"}],"contentConcepts":[],"contentLiteraryRefs":[],"galleryLabels":[{"text":"(Gallery 72, case 2)\r\n11. Cream jug\r\nAbout 1735\r\nThis cream jug is in the Rococo style. It is characterised by elaborate scrolls, natural motifs and asymmetry.\r\nLondon, England; probably Paul de Lamerie (1688–1751)\r\nSilver\r\nMuseum no. Loan:Gilbert.733-2008","date":{"text":"16/11/2016","earliest":"2016-11-16","latest":"2016-11-16"}}],"partNumbers":["LOAN:GILBERT.733-2008"],"accessionNumberNum":"733","accessionNumberPrefix":"LOAN:GILBERT","accessionYear":2008,"otherNumbers":[{"type":{"text":"Arthur Gilbert Number","id":"THES50383"},"number":"SG 98"},{"type":{"text":"The Gilbert Collection, Somerset House","id":"THES50384"},"number":"1996.50"},{"type":{"text":"Arthur Gilbert Number","id":"THES50383"},"number":"SG 362 i"},{"type":{"text":"The Gilbert Collection, Somerset House","id":"THES50384"},"number":"2001.10"}],"copyNumber":"","aspects":["WHOLE"],"assets":["2018LC2697","2019LR6334","2019LU3906","2019LU2827"],"recordModificationDate":"2026-05-12","recordCreationDate":"2008-06-19","availableToBook":false}}