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Supporting museums Art we've helped buy Great Silver Wine Cistern of Thomas Wentworth, Lord Raby

Great Silver Wine Cistern of Thomas Wentworth, Lord Raby

Philip Rollos the Elder

Art Funded
2011
Dimensions
129.5 x 83 cm
Art Fund grant
£140,000 (Total: £2,073,648; Tax remission; Export stopped)
Vendor
Private collector
This enormous cistern formed part of Lord Raby’s allowance of silver plate which he took with him as Ambassador Extraordinary to Berlin in 1706 and which he was entitled to retain after his return.

Such objects were an essential component in the etiquette of formal dining in the baroque period when the display of impressive plate reflected the status and importance of the host (or, in the case of ambassadors, the country he represented). Their function (in addition to being impressive) was to hold ice-packed bottles for the service of wine. This object was undoubtedly inspired by German examples seen by Lord Raby in Berlin on an earlier visit in 1701. This work was acquired with assistance from the Wolfson Foundation.

Provenance

Thomas Wentworth, 3rd Baron Raby of Wentworth Castle, Yorkshire; by descent to Marquess of Lothian; Sotheby’s, 2010.

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Art we’ve helped buy at Temple Newsam House

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Of the dozens of objects and works of art to have been Art Funded for the house, particularly striking is the Chinese lacquer fall-front secretaire, acquired with a contribution from the Art Fund of £75,000. It was probably made for Isabella Dowager Marchioness of Hartford, who inherited the house in the early 19th century.

Hieronimos Custodis's portrait of Lady Bennet was Art Funded in 2003 with a contribution of £20,000 towards the 35,000 total. Lady Bennet became mother-in-law to Elizabeth Ingram, whose father re-built Temple Newsam from 1622.

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