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He gave him considerable freedom to produce designs in the fullest and most imaginative rococo taste. This ewer and companion dish were produced in the middle of de Lamerie's career, when his powers of inventiveness were at their zenith and they are part of one of the most interesting groups of English 18th century silver plate ever produced.\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":"Large, circular shaped silver dish, the border chased in high relief with a broad band of ornament incorporating figures of Jupiter representing Air, Venus as Earth, and two putti on the left and right of the coat of arms with elaborate surrounds of scrolls and masks (possibly Fire and Water), the centre applied with a reproduction of the original coat of arms.","artistMakerPerson":[{"name":{"text":"Lamerie, Paul de","id":"A8591"},"association":{"text":"maker","id":"AAT251917"},"note":"Paul de Lamerie (1688-1751) was the greatest silversmith working in England in the 18th century. A Huguenot ( French Protestant), he came to London with his parents, fleeing persecution in France. His success lay in his own exceptional creativity in producing stunning objects, but also in his ability as a businessman, retailing some astonishingly spectacular silver using the most effective and innovative suppliers in the trade.\r\n\r\nThe silver shown here is associated with de Lamerie’s most brilliant craftsman, whose identity is still a mystery, who worked from 1737 to 1745.  He is known as the Maynard Master, named after the dish made for Grey, 5th Baron Maynard now in the Cahn family collection."}],"artistMakerOrganisations":[],"artistMakerPeople":[],"materials":[{"text":"silver","id":"AAT11029"}],"techniques":[{"text":"raising","id":"AAT237068"},{"text":"embossing","id":"AAT53826"},{"text":"casting","id":"AAT53104"},{"text":"chasing","id":"AAT54016"}],"materialsAndTechniques":"Raised, embossed, cast and chased silver","categories":[{"text":"Metalwork","id":"THES48920"},{"text":"Heraldry","id":"THES257728"},{"text":"Silver","id":"THES251836"},{"text":"Sculpture","id":"THES48896"}],"styles":[{"text":"Rococo","id":"AAT21155"}],"collectionCode":{"text":"MET","id":"THES48599"},"images":["2009CC8165"],"imageResolution":"high","galleryLocations":[{"current":{"text":"72A","id":"THES413998"},"free":"","case":"CA002","shelf":"","box":""}],"partTypes":[[{"text":"dish","id":""}]],"contentWarnings":[{"apprise":"","note":""}],"placesOfOrigin":[{"place":{"text":"London","id":"x28980"},"association":{"text":"assayed","id":"x42656"},"note":""}],"productionDates":[{"date":{"text":"1742-43","earliest":"1742-05-29","latest":"1743-05-28"},"association":{"text":"hallmarked","id":"x32454"},"note":"The coat of arms of Algernon Coote, 6th Earl of Mountrath (1689-1744) is a reproduction supplied by William Comyns and Sons of London in 1972"}],"associatedObjects":[{"object":{"text":"LOAN:GILBERT.721:1-2008","id":"O156679"},"association":""}],"creditLine":"The Rosalinde and Arthur Gilbert Collection on loan to the Victoria and Albert Museum, London","dimensions":[{"dimension":"Diameter","value":"75.7","unit":"cm","qualifier":"","date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"part":"","note":""},{"dimension":"Weight","value":"9844","unit":"g","qualifier":"","date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"part":"","note":""}],"dimensionsNote":"Scratch weight: 365 - 7","marksAndInscriptions":[{"content":"London hallmarks for 1742-3","inscriber":{"name":{"text":"","id":""},"association":{"text":"","id":""}},"date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"description":"","interpretation":"","language":"","medium":"","method":"","position":"","script":"","translation":"The Coote family motto Vincit Veritas translates as Truth conquers.","transliteration":"","type":"","note":""},{"content":"Mark of Paul de Lamerie","inscriber":{"name":{"text":"","id":""},"association":{"text":"","id":""}},"date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"description":"","interpretation":"","language":"","medium":"","method":"","position":"","script":"","translation":"","transliteration":"","type":"","note":""},{"content":"Coat of arms","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":"Previous owners: Algernon Coote, sixth earl of Mountrath.  By descent to the earl of Portarlington.  Colonel A.  Heywood-Lonsdale, sale, Christie's, lot 126, 27/06/1956.  Sir George Dowty.  Purchased from J.  H.  Bourdon-Smith, Ltd., London, 1971.","historicalContext":"This spectacular ewer and basin were intended for display on a dining room buffet to emphasize the status of the patron. Although the 6th Earl's father lived at 30 Burlington Street, London, in c.1721, see the basement plan designed by Lord Burlington in the V&amp;A (E.2124:100-1992) by the early 1740s the 6th Earl and Countess of Mountrath lived in Grosvenor Square, in London's fashionable Mayfair. A similar commission from the Worshipful Company of Goldsmiths,  dates from 1741, and is still used for display on the buffet in the dining hall of the London guild which controls the quality of the production of silver in the British metropolis, and which Paul de Lamerie served as a Warden. \n\nAlgernon Coote, 6th Earl of Mountrath was born and educated in London and represented Castle Rising, Norfolk as MP from 1724-34 and Hedon, Yorkshire from 1742-1744. His wife outlived him by 22 years, and in her will specified a legacy of £2500 for the construction of a vault and a monument in the Holles Chapel, Westminster Abbey.","briefDescription":"Silver,  London hallmarks for 1742-43, mark of Paul de Lamerie.","bibliographicReferences":[{"reference":{"text":"","id":""},"details":"","free":"Edwards, R., and  L.L.G. Ramsay, eds. <u>The Connoisseur Period Guide to the Houses, Decorations, Furnishings and Chattels of the Classic Periods</u>. New York: Reynal and  Company, 1957-58, vol. 3, pp. 76, 78, pl. 41.;Timothy Schroder, <u>The Gilbert Collection of Gold and Silver</u>, Los Angeles, 1988, pp. 250-255 "},{"reference":{"text":"","id":""},"details":"","free":"Hillier, Bevis. 'The Gilbert Collection of Silver'.  <u>The Connoisseur</u>, June 1976, vol. 192, no. 772, p. 118, nos. 8A, 8B."},{"reference":{"text":"","id":""},"details":"","free":"Bowman, Leslie Greene. 'Huguenot & Rococo Riches'. <u>The Antique Collector</u>, vol. 56, no. 11, November 1985, p. 107, fig. 9"},{"reference":{"text":"","id":""},"details":"","free":"Schroder, Timothy. 'Evidence without documents: Patterns of Ornament in Rococo and Regence silver'.  'Rococo Silver in England and its Colonies'. Papers from a symposium at Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond, 2004.  Silver Studies: <u>The Journal of the Silver Society</u>, Number 20. The Silver Society, London, 2006, p.62, fig 98."},{"reference":{"text":"","id":""},"details":"","free":"Alcorn, Ellenor, with a foreword by Tessa Murdoch. <u>Beyond the maker's mark: Paul de Lamerie Silver in the Cahn Collection</u>. Cambridge: John Adamson, 2006, p. 29, figs. 22-23."},{"reference":{"text":"Jones, William Ezelle, <i>Monumental Silver: Selections from the Gilbert Collection</i>. 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