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ATTRIBUTED TO? JOHANN GOTTFRIED FRISCH (ACTIVE 1689-1716)
Cup and cover
c.1700 with later additionsRCIN 50554
George IV's taste was for virtuoso pieces in exotic materials and this cup joined a growing collection of mounted ivories in Carlton House. The original chased silver-gilt mounts were evidently too plain for George IV's increasingly flamboyant tastes and in 1824 Rundell, Bride & Rundell added 'a new silver chased rim... set with coloured stones to raise the cover' for £148 10s.
Bibliographic reference(s)
EAJ : Jones, E.A., 1911. The Gold and Silver of Windsor Castle, Letchworth p.54
