Object details
Object number
C1s49.1-24
Creator(s)
Chamberlain & Co.
(active Worcester, England, 1840 - 1852)
Title
Set of Worcester Armorial China
Date
1840-1844
Medium
Porcelain painted with enamel and gold
Signatures, inscriptions, and markings
Coat of arms probably of the English family of Thomas Richmond Gale Braddyll (1776-1862): badger passant, unicorn's head with an anchor and leopard with a helmet; scroll reads "Coignoies toy mesme" (know thyself)
Marker's mark in red: Chamberlain & Co / Worcester / 155 New Bond Street / & No1 Coventry Street / London
Provenance
Probably commissioned by the family of Thomas Richmond Gale Braddyll (1776-1862) of Highhead Castle, Cumbria and Conishead Priory, Lancaster.
Purchased by Isabella Stewart Gardner from the dealer C. McCarthy, Boston on 1 January 1892 for $1,500 for the set of china, a sedan chair (museum no. F25c24) and table (museum no. F21s8).
Commentary
Isabella Stewart Gardner kept meticulous records of many of her acquisitions. In keeping with this legacy, object information is continually being reviewed, updated, and enriched in order to give greater access to the collection.
Bibliography
Catalogue. Fenway Court. (Boston, 1903), p. 7. (as "European porcelain" which belonged to Marie Antoinette)
Gilbert Wendel Longstreet and Morris Carter. General Catalogue (Boston, 1935), p. 22.
Gallery
Yellow Room
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