#Hunt & Roskell

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JOHN TAPLEY AND HUNT AND ROSKELL

London, England, c. 19th century

TRITON’S SHELL BOWL

1837–1848

Parcel-gilt silver with repoussé, cast, applied, and chased decoration

This exuberant piece was designed in honor of Victoria’s ascension to the throne on June 20, 1837. Produced by a group of London craftsmen, it incorporates elements from tureens in the Royal Collection, which were in turn inspired by the rococo taste of George IV. These have also been compared to Bernini’s Fountain of the Four Rivers in Rome. Triton, son of the gods Poseidon and Amphitrite, dominates the giant shell, and mythological seahorses provide its support and enframe three sets of Victoria’s monogram.

MFA Saint Petersburg

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London. Chromolithographed and published by Day & Son Lithographers. A by Messrs Hunt & Roskell; the remainder by Messrs Garrard and Co. London.

In J. B. Waring, Masterpieces of industrial art & sculpture at the International exhibition, 1862 (1863), plate 129.

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#finding a brooch/pendant by #CarloGuiliano - from @cooperhewitt Museum. 19th c. #artofjewellery #jewelleryasinspiration #antiquejewelry #historyofjewelry #beautyofjewellery Neapolitan born Carlo Guiliano (c. 1831-1895) was probably trained in the workshop of the Castellani family in Rome. Around 1860 he felt confident to relocate to London where he produced jewels - bearing Giuliano marks - for firms such as Hunt and Roskell, Phillips and Hancock. He became so successful with his - often lozenge shaped pendants and brooches (such as this example), pierced in foliate and scroll designs, using enamel, pearls and gems - that he was able to set up his own shop on Piccadilly. After his death his two sons continued the business with similar success, until the start of the Great War in 1914 unfortunately ended it all. https://www.instagram.com/p/CnpIuPoIRTs/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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Clover & Shamrock Tiaras

Marchioness of Dufferin and Ava’s Shamrock Tiara, 1860s

Mary-Louise MacKay’s Trefoil Arabesque Tiara by Boucheron, 1889

Diamond Trefoil Tiara by Boucheron, 1896

Princess Olga of Hanover’s Shamrock Tiara by Johann Wagner, circa 1900

Duchess of Genoa’s Clover Tiara, circa 1900

Prussian Clover Tiara by Koch 1906/1950 (the original was broken up to create this tiara and the one below)

Prussian Aquamarine Clover Tiara by Koch 1906/1950 (the original was broken up to create this tiara and the one above)

Jean Templeton Ward’s Diamond Clover Tiara by Cartier, 1910

Princess Mary, the Princess Royal’s Emerald Trefoil Tiara by Hunt & Roskell, 1922

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• Tiara, comb and brooch in jewelry case.

Maker: Hunt & Roskell 

Date: ca. 1855

Place of origin: England 

Medium: Tortoise-shell, silver, leather, gold, diamond

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Hunt & Roskell oak leaf and acorn tiara, c. 1855.

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From BritishRoyalJewels instagram:

Today for the funeral of Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, The Queen chose a brooch from her grandmother Queen Mary’s collection - The Richmond Brooch.  Queen Mary spent a large part of her childhood in the Teck family home White Lodge in Richmond Park. To mark her wedding in 1893, the Town of Richmond presented her with this diamond and pearl brooch. It was made by Hunt & Roskell and is in a scroll design with a pearl center and removable pearl drop. The month after her wedding, Queen Mary and her husband visited Queen Victoria at Osbourne House and Mary wore the piece as a hair ornament.  In 1913, the pearl drop was removed and used in the newly created Lovers Knot Tiara, but was returned when the tiara was altered in 1932.  The brooch was bequeathed to The Queen in 1953.

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4/17/21

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Beautiful Vase, Hunt and Roskell, London, 1843

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c1843 Hunt and Roskell, London. Frosted glass silver gilt claret jug.

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Claret Jug

A large image one of a pair by Hunt & Roskell - London 1843 This pair of frosted glass and silver gilt claret jugs rank amongst the finest made during the reign of Queen Victoria. The prestigious firm of Hunt and Roskell evolved out of the most famous retail name in the history of English silver, Rundell, Bridge and Rundell. John Samuel Hunt was the nephew of Paul Storr

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By Hunt ve Roskell - Londra 1843

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Hunt & Roskell, chronometer watch with tourbillon, 1836

(c) British Museum

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Tiara "Oak branches". Diamonds, gold. Hunt & Roskell, 1855.

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Jewelry of the Princess of Wales

There are quite a few pieces of jewelry associated with the Princess of Wales that belong to the British Royal Family.  They all feature either the Prince of Wales’ Feathers or the leek.  The Prince of Wales’ Feathers are three ostrich feathers with a coronet and the Prince of Wales’ motto, Ich Dien/I Serve.  A leek is a plant in allium family (onions, garlic, etc.) that has been the symbol of Wales since the 7th century when Welsh soldiers wore them on their helmets when fighting against the Saxons.  The BRF will sometimes wear actual leeks not bejeweled ones on engagements in Wales or with the Welsh Guards.

In 1863, when Princess Alexandra of Denmark married the then Prince of Wales, later King Edward VII, the women of Wales collected money to gift their new princess jewelry. There hadn’t been a Princess of Wales is over 40 years and I guess they were a little excited because the gifts were plentiful.  They are split into those from North Wales and South Wales and they are all made from emeralds and diamonds which are the colors of the Welsh flag.  The set from the ladies of North Wales includes two brooches and a pair of earrings all made by Garrard.  It was a little hard to get a picture of the earrings but there is a diamond stud at the top that you can’t see here.

The first brooch is a Prince of Wales’ Feathers surrounded by diamonds with a cabochon emerald drop.  The ribbon at the bottom of the feathers says ‘Ich Dein/I Serve.’  The Queen Mother gave this brooch to Princess Diana when she got engaged to Prince Charles in 1981 and it was the only piece of Wales gifted jewelry that she passed along.  Diana wore it primarily as a pendant on the diamond line necklace from the Saudi Arabian sapphire set both with and without the emerald drop.  In the picture of the Duchess of Cornwall wearing the brooch below she is also wearing the earrings from the North Wales gift.

The second brooch features an emerald leek surround by a diamond border saying ‘I’n Tywysoges Ni/To Our Princess’ and also has a cabochon emerald drop.  It’s the only one of the gifts that we have a photograph of Queen Alexandra wearing and the Queen Mother famously wore it for her grandson’s investiture as the Prince of Wales in 1969.  All Queen Alexandra’s North Wales jewelry is currently worn by the Duchess of Cornwall who is the Princess of Wales even though she doesn’t use the title.

Not to be outdone the women of South Wales also presented jewelry but theirs were made by Hunt & Roskell.  The bracelet is made of emeralds, pearls, and diamonds set in gold.  There’s a big emerald in the center with a ribbon saying ‘Duw Cadwo Ein Tywysoges Ni/God Keep Our Princess’ intertwined with leeks on either side.  Then there is what I can only assume is a massive brooch made from enamel, emeralds, pearls, and diamonds.  It features a leek in the center topped with a floral design of trefoil, oak, wheat, and mistletoe to symbolize the four seasons and an enamel ribbon with ‘O Ddeheudir Cymru Iddeu Tywysoges/From South Wales To Our Princess’ in diamonds.  On the bottom are three pendants.  The left is a red Welsh dragon, the center is St. David, and the right is the arms of Wales.

I can’t find any pictures of the brooch being worn but the Queen Mother used to wear the bracelet.

Prince George, Duke of Cambridge, also gave Prince of Wales’ Feathers jewelry to the new bride.  The gold, blue enamel, and diamond bracelet was made by Garrard with the buckle section dating from around 1830 and then later mounted on a bracelet before being given to Alexandra.

In 1903, the then Prince of Wales, later King George V, gave his wife, Mary, a gold and diamond Prince of Wales’ Feathers brooch and then a year later he added a gold bracelet with the Prince of Wales’ Feathers intertwined with the letter ‘G’ and set with unidentified pink gemstones.  

In 1981, the Worshipful Company of Goldsmiths gave Princess Diana, the first Princess of Wales in 70 years, a necklace and earrings that feature the Prince of Wales’ Feathers.  They were made by Lexi Dick using cabochon sapphires set in white and yellow gold.  The set has never been worn publicly.  In 2007, it was loaned to the Kazanjian Foundation's Jewels for Charity tour and the press release said that it had been sold by Diana prior to her death but there are no other sources for that so take it with a grain of salt.  The only reason it makes sense to me for Diana to have sold any of her jewelry would be if it was to raise money for charity but there’s no evidence of that happening.

In the late 90s, Prince Charles gave the Duchess of Cornwall a Prince of Wales’ Feathers brooch with a gray pearl.  The most important outing of this brooch was on their wedding day in 2005.

And finally these diamond leek brooches from the Welsh Guards that were given to the Queen, Princess Diana, and the Duchess of Cornwall.  According to From Her Majesty’s Jewel Vault, there are three separate brooches and I am going to take her word for it.  There have to be at least two because the Queen and the Duchess of Cornwall have worn theirs to the same event.

There are some older pieces associated with the Prince of Wales but this is what I would consider the wearable jewelry, although knowing the BRF there’s probably a few more pieces in a vault somewhere that have never been seen publicly.  Right now the jewelry is kind of here, there, and everywhere and I would love to see it all brought together as a collection that is passed from Princess of Wales to Princess of Wales.  I wouldn’t expect the Duchess of Cornwall to pass on her brooch when she becomes queen since it was a personal gift from before she was a royal but it would be nice if she left it to future Princesses of Wales and whoever is the Queen would be able to keep one of the Welsh Guard brooches since there are three.  Queen Elizabeth II also has a daffodil brooch that could potentially be added to this group but the Queen would still need some Wales associated jewelry.  The Welsh government website calls the daffodil an “interloper” from the 19th century which makes me smile but you sometimes see the BRF wear it instead of the leek.  In the future I wouldn’t mind seeing some daffodil or maybe even red dragon jewelry added to the collection for the Princess of Wales but I’m probably dreaming on the latter. 

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A Victorian silver racing trophy, presented by Emperor Nicholas i of Russia (mark of John Samuel Hunt for Hunt & Roskell 1846) (99,5 cm high)

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Oak Tiaras

Oak Leaves & Acorns Tiara by Chaumet, circa 1903

Diamond Oak Tiara by Hunt & Roskell, circa 1855

Norfolk Oak Tiara by Garrard, 1904

Emerald Oak Tiara

Crichton-Stuart Oak Tiara

Fellowes Oak Tiara, early 1800s

Pearl Oak Tiara

Oak Tiara by Cartier

Thurn und Taxis Sapphire Oak Tiara, early 1930s

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