Lot 126
Royal Interest, Queen Adelaide A set of twelve silver dinner plates William Bateman for Rundell, Bridge & Co., London 1837
Auction: 8 April 2009 at 11:30 BST
Description
shaped circular, the gadroon rims interrupted by matted cartouches set with shells or rocaille, engraved below with the cipher for Queen Adelaide, undersides inscribed 'RUNDELL BRIDGE ET Co. AURIFICES REGINAE LONDINI' and later engraved 'H.B. AUG.9.1899' (12)
Dimensions
27cm diameter
Footnote
Provenance:
Christie's, London, 17th March 1999, lot 44
Probably Earl of Londesborough, Christie's, London, 18th May 1898, 'A Large Service of Plates and Dishes, &c., richly chased and weighing 10,000 Ounces, formerly the property of Queen Adelaide'
Adelaide of Saxe-Meiningen was Queen Consort to William IV. In the mid 1830's the King and Queen ordered a large silver dinner service, supplied over a couple of years by the Royal goldsmiths Rundell, Bridge & Co. Pieces were engraved with the King's cipher, the Queen's cipher, or both. Most of this huge service was dispersed.