1819 Geo III Sterling Tureen by J. Angell I for Admiral Sir David Milne 112 oz.t
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A beautiful and historically significant sterling silver soup tureen
made by the renowned London based silver smith Joseph Angell I.
This soup tureen stands on four acanthus shaped paw feet and has upturned reeded handles.
It has a lovely gadrooned rim, which holds the stepped-oval lid with an interesting fixed branch handle.
The entire piece is hand made and hand beaten.
Please note that it has a snug fitting lid due to the handmade nature of this piece.
This piece has two engraved armorial crests on opposite sides and is hallmarked on the lid
and the underside of the dish.
The hallmarks attribute this piece to the renowned Silversmith, Joseph Angell Senior,
with London silver marks including a date later of a crested lowercase D which dates it to 1819.
From Pushkin Antiques:
"The firm, founded in 1811 by Joseph Angell, is one of the most successful silver and jewelery manufacturers
in the mid 19th Century.
After he finished apprenticeship in 1804 to Henry Nutting,
he entered his first mark as a plate worker and registered his company in 1811
at 55 Compton Street, Clerkenwell. Until 1849 the firm mainly supplied other
London retailers such as Roskell and Rundell Bridge.
Joseph’s brother John joined the company in 1831 and in 1837 Joseph’s son,
Joseph junior became third partner. The business changed to
Angell Son & Angell and in 1840 moved to Panton Street, Haymarket.
Joseph Angell senior retired in 1849 and the business was carried on by his son,
who also opened a retail shop in Charing Cross.
In 1851 Joseph Angel junior participated at the Great Exhibition at Crystal Palace,
exhibiting some extraordinary artworks: a finely chased shield representing the battle of Issus
between Darius and Alexander and subsequently acquired by Queen Victoria
and a selection of coffee and tea services and claret jugs, intricately decorated with scrolls,
flowers and eccentric ornaments. One of the sets on show, a gilt silver coffee and tea service,
was awarded a prize Medal and is illustrated in the exhibition’s 1851 catalogue “The industry of all Nations”.
Although its design became extremely popular and was reproduced several times
during the 19th c, the original one was acquired by the Victoria and Albert Museum in 1973.
The firm also exhibited in New York in 1853 and in the International Exhibition in 1862, winning other medals.
After Joseph’s death the business was managed by John’s son George and finally closed in 1889."
The crest reading "Tria Juncta in Uno" is the crest for the Order of the Bath, of which Milne was a knight.
The badge bears the Order's motto: "Tria juncto in uno" (Three joined in one) as well as the
Welsh motto: "Ich dien" (I serve).
The Milne family crest is found on the other side, with the clan's motto: Tam arte quam marte
(As much by art as strength). This is easily attributed due to the cross with two stars
above and one below in the crest.
This piece was made for Admiral Sir David Milne of Milne Graden GCB FRSE RN, who was a
Scottish Royal Navy admiral and lived from May 1763 until May 5th 1845.
From Online Source:
"Milne was born in Musselburgh, Midlothian, Scotland, the son of Susan Vernor and David Milne,
an Edinburgh merchant.
He entered the Royal Navy as a midshipman in 1779. He served in the West Indies from 1779 to 1783,
seeing action in the Caribbean during the American Revolutionary War and in Lord Howe's
final relief of the French and Spanish siege of Gibraltar in 1782.From 1783 to 1793,
he served in the East Indies. Promoted to commander, he defeated a French division off Puerto Rico
on 5 June 1795, and, in 1796, he participated in the capture of the Dutch colonies of Demerara,
Essequibo and Berbice, becoming the British governor of Netherlands Guiana.
He continued to fight against the French in Santo Domingo, from 1797 to 1799, losing his ship
HMS Pique but capturing the French frigate Seine at the action of 30 June 1798 and, in 1800,
he captured the French frigate La Vengeance off the coast of Africa.
On 14 June 1814, he was promoted to Rear-Admiral. At this time he purchased 10 York Place, Edinburgh,
home the late William Craig, Lord Craig.
He served as second-in-command of the fleet sent to bombard Algiers in 1816. The Dutch king
awarded him the commander's cross of the coveted Military Order of William for his distinguished conduct.
In May 1816, he was appointed to command the North American Station, living in Halifax, Nova Scotia.
In 1818, he was nominated a knight of the Neapolitan Order of St Januarius, and he returned to the
United Kingdom in 1819. In 1820, he was briefly Member of Parliament for Berwick-upon-Tweed.
In 1825 he became a Vice-Admiral.
In 1842, he was appointed Commander-in-Chief, Plymouth. He died at sea 5 May 1845 while returning
to Scotland from Plymouth, after more than 60 years' service in the Royal Navy. He is buried
with his first wife in the churchyard at Inveresk. Memorial reads:
"In memory of Admiral Sir DAVID MILNE, G.C.B. For 60 years he served his country in the Royal Navy ;
his gallant deeds are recorded in her annals. In all the relations of private life he was upright, exemplary,
and esteemed. He expired at sea on the 5th of May 1845, aged 82 years, whilst returning to his native home
from Devonport, at which station he had been for the three previous years Commander-in-Chief.
Here are deposited the remains of GRACE, wife of Rear-Admiral David Milne, who died at Bordeaux,
in France, the 4th of October 1814, where she had gone for the recovery of her health.
Her remains were brought to this country by her affectionate husband, and re-interred here
the 18th of February 1815. She was eldest daughter of Sir Alexander Purves of Purves, Bart.,
by Mary Home, daughter of Sir James Home of Coldinghame, Bart., in the County of Berwick.
Also a son, named THOMAS, who died in infancy."
In 1799 he bought the house and grounds of Inveresk Gate in Inveresk, where his descendants
continued to live until the 1940s. He also had a house at 10 York Place in Edinburgh's New Town
in the 1830s.
n 16 April 1804, he was married to Grace Purves, eldest daughter of Sir Alexander Purves,
5th Baronet, of Purves, by his second wife Mary Home, daughter of Sir James Home, 3rd Baronet,
of Coldingham. Their children included advocate and geologist David Milne-Home and
Admiral of the Fleet Sir Alexander Milne, 1st Baronet. His wife died at Bordeaux, in France,
on 4 October 1814, where she had gone for the recovery of her health. The admiral brought
her body back to Scotland, and she was buried at Inveresk in East Lothian on 8 February 1815.
On 28 November 1819 he married for a second time, to Agnes Stephen.
The island of Milne Land, in East Greenland, was named after him by Captain William Scoresby.
Approx. Dimensions:
Overall Height: 10"
Handle to Handle Length: 15"
Width: 10 1/2"
Bowl Depth (Inside bottom to rim"): 5 1/8"
Approx Weight: 112 Troy Ounces
Condition:
This tureen is in beautiful original condition. Could use a good hand polish.
Very small, flat dent between one foot and handle.
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Loc. F
ID. 250
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