A Pair of George IV 'Bucket' Wine-Coolers
Silver
London, 1820
Maker's mark of Philip Rundell
Height: 8 3/8 in. (21 cm.)
Weight: 153 oz. 18 dwt. (4,787 gr.)
Provenance: Hon. Robert Henry Clive (1780-1854), of Oakley Park, Shropshire and then bequeathed to his wife
Lady Mary Clive, later Baroness Windsor (1797-1869) by descent to
Robert Henry Clive, 1st Earl of Plymouth (1857-1923) by descent to his son
Other Robert Ivor, 3rd Earl of Plymouth (b.1923).
Anonymous sale; Christie's, Geneva, 15 May 1990, lot 111.
Tapering and with reeded borders and central band, with two scroll loop handles, with detachable liner, engraved twice with a coat-of-arms, the liners engraved twice with a crest, marked near handles and on liners

The arms are those of Clive quartering Styche and Herbert impaling Windsor, for the Hon. Robert Henry Clive (1780-1854), of Oakley Park, Shropshire and his wife Lady Mary (1797-1869), daughter of Other, 5th Earl of Plymouth (1751-1799) and sister and co-heir of Other, 6th Earl of Plymouth (1789-1833), whom he married in 1819. On the death of her brother Lady Mary the barony of Windsor fell into abeyance between her and her sister. The abeyance was terminated in favour of Lady Mary in 1855 and she became Baroness Windsor, assuming the additional name of Windsor the same year. Her grandson Robert George (1857-1923), succeeded her and was crested 1st Earl of Plymouth of the second creation in 1905.

Artist Biography:
Son of Thomas Rundell doctor of Widcombe Bath, born 1743. Apprenticed to William Rodgers jeweller of Bath on payment of £20. Arrived in London, 1767 or 1769, as a shopman to Theed and Pickett, Ludgate Hill, at a salary of £20 p.a.. Made partner with Picket in 1772 and acquired sole ownership of the business in 1785-6. Took John Bridge into partnership in 1788 and his nephew Edmund Walter Rundell by 1803, the firm being styled Rundell Bridge and Rundell from 1805. Appointed Goldsmith and Jeweller to the King in 1797, due it is said, to George III's acquaintanceship with John Bridge's relative, a farmer near Weymouth. He took Paul Storr into working partnership in 1807, an arrangement that lasted until 1819, when the latter gained independence. Only then was Rundell's mark entered as plateworker, 4th March, 1819. Address: 76 Dean Street, Soho, (the workshop). In 1823 John Bridge enters his first mark and it seems probable therefore that it was about this time that Rundell retired. He did not die however until 1827, leaving his fortune of 1.25 million to his nephew Joseph Nield. Nield was of course the millionaire who left his fortune to Queen Victoria.