Charleston Loan Exhibition

36 Samuel Courtauld (English, 1720–1765) Salver London, England, 1762/1763 Silver H. 1¾ x Diam. 13½ inches Engraved: Crest of Lt. Gov. William Bull II (1710–1791) of Charleston, SC; stamped on bottom: lion passant, crowned leopard’s head, date letter and sun over SC Historic Charleston Foundation, Charleston, SC, with contributions by John M. Rivers and James P. Barrow. 97.2.1 Engraved with the crest of Lieutenant Governor William Bull II (1710–1791) of Charleston, this high-rococo-style salver was made in the London workshop of the notable Huguenot silversmith Samuel Courtauld. One of two pieces of silver in Historic Charleston Foundation’s collection that descended in the Bull family, it exemplifies the fashionable plate imported from England for the city’s sophisticated clientele. BSC John Swift (English, free 1725, active 1718–1758) Two-handled cup with cover London, England, 1769 Silver with later gilt on exterior H. 15 ‡/* x W. 11¼ (over handle) x Diam. 5 ‹/* (base) inches, Diam. 3¾ (top) inches Engraved: Crest of Lt. Gov. William Bull II (1710-1791) of Charleston, SC, stamped: lion passant, crowned leopard’s head, date letter and JS Historic Charleston Foundation, Charleston, SC, gift of James P. Barrow, 97.5.1 Conservation sponsored by The Brass & Silver Workshop This covered cup is based on an example which Colonel James Pelham (ca. 1683–1761) commissioned in 1736 from silversmith George Wickes (baptized 1698–1761). The Pelham cup was designed by the architect and designer William Kent (1685–1748) and published in John Vardy’s book, Some Designs of Mr. Inigo Jones and Mr. William Kent (1744, plate 28). The Bull family covered cup is one of a pair; its mate is in the collection of the City of Bristol Museum and Art Gallery. In the will of Lt. Gov. William Bull’s widow, Hannah Beal Bull, dated December 31, 1793, she bequests “to each of my nieces Katherine Stapleton and Maria Hannah Beale one of my large Silver Cups with covers Gilt within.” 1 The engraved armorial design incorporates the Bull family motto, Ducit amour patriae (love of country leads). BSC Conservation sponsored by The Brass & Silver Workshop 1. Quoted in McInnis and Mack, In Pursuit of Refinement, 264.