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Set of ice pails with covers and liners 1824-36
Porcelain | 26.9 x 25.2 x 22.3 cm (parts .a, .b and c together) | RCIN 58516
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A set of four porcelain ice pails with covers and liners, the cover with tall rim; dark blue borders with tooled gilt Garter motto; liner painted with royal ducal coronet within gilt Garter Star motif; sides with lion on ducal coronet within foliate scrolls and floral emblems; gilt handles.
Provenance
Made for William IV, possibly prior to his accession when Duke of Clarence. Bequeathed or presented by him to Lady Augusta FitzClarence (one of his children with the actress Dorothea Jordan), then probably to a Captain Williams and subsequrently offered for sale.
Presented to the future King George V and Queen Mary when Duke & Duchess of York by the Royal Warrant Holders as a wedding gift, 1893. The Warrant Holders had acquired it from Mortlocks (the original retailers) for 475 guineas.
Sent by them for display in the King's Sitting Room, Palace of Holyroodhouse, until after 1937.
The service displayed in the China Museum, Windsor Castle, and for occasional buffet display during royal events including Garter Day lunch, throughout the twentieth century. -
Creator(s)
(porcelain manufacturer)(retailer/supplier)Acquirer(s)
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Medium and techniques
Porcelain
Measurements
26.9 x 25.2 x 22.3 cm (parts .a, .b and c together)
Place of Production
Stoke-on-Trent [Staffordshire]
