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It was used to boil fresh water to make tea, which was served in the drawing room or parlour by the lady of the house. The vertical ribs of this kettle and its dolphin-mask feet were inspired by early 17th century Dutch silver in the auricular style, which imitated natural forms. The maker Paul de Lamerie (1688-1751) was the son of French Huguenot parents and came to London in the 1690s as a small child, before going on to become the most successful Huguenot smith in the city. Nearly forty kettles are known to have been made by de Lamerie between 1713 and 1751. \r\n\r\nWhen the Catholic 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":"Silver kettle, stand and lamp. The kettle is of compressed spherical form on a rim foot and with a curved spout, chased overall with a design of six broad vertical panels of stylized waves between fluid vertebral mouldings, the handle is insulated with wickerwork. The stand rests on three feet chased with narrow panels of scalework. 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Tea was served in the Drawing Room or Parlour by the lady of the house. Contemporary paintings demonstrate that the tea kettle was placed adjacent to the tea pot so that this could be conveniently replenished as required.","briefDescription":"Silver kettle stand and lamp, Paul de Lamerie, London, 1730-31","bibliographicReferences":[{"reference":{"text":"","id":""},"details":"","free":"Hillier, Bevis. 'The Gilbert Collection of Silver'.  <u>The Connoisseur</u>, June 1976, vol. 192, no. 3, pp.114-15, 118.\nSchroder, Timothy. <u>The Gilbert collection of gold and silver</u>, Los Angeles (Los Angeles County Museum of Art) 1988, cat.no.48, pp.197-199."},{"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. 48, pp. 197-9.  ISBN.0875871445"},{"reference":{"text":"Jones, William Ezelle, <i>Monumental Silver: Selections from the Gilbert Collection</i>. 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