Richard Edgcumbe, 2nd Earl of Mount-Edgecumbe (1764-1839), Lord Lieutenant and Vice-Admiral of Cornwall was born in 1764, he was MP for Lostwithiel 1790-1791, for Fowey 1791-1795 and Sewer at the Coronation of George IV in 1821. He married in 1789 Sophia, 3rd daughter and co-heir of John, 2nd Earl of Buckinghamshire.
Madame d'Arblay said of the Earl in 1789, 'He is a most neat little beau and his face has the roses and lilies as finely blended as that of his pretty young wife.'
These dishes, which follow the form of porcelain examples of the period, were evidently made to match four earlier dishes by Paul Crespin, 1730, and are listed in the Wakelin and Garrard Gentleman's Ledger in the Victoria & Albert Museum, London.
John Wakelin and Robert Garrard’s Gentleman’s Ledger, entry for 8 February 1800.
'Earl of Mount Edgecumbe
1800 Feby 8 - To 2 Escallop dishes with rich chased borders......42- [oz.]... [£]28...14[s]...- [d] To 4 Shell shaped do. [ditto].....................................................73.7 [oz.]...[£]47...13[s]...6[d] To engraving 6 coats, Suppr. & Corts............................................................[£]2.......2[s]...0[d] To smoothing & polishing four old dishes.................................................................10[s]...0[d]
To gilding the new dishes in the best manner in two colours,.......................[£]28....15[s] do. [ditto] the old...........................................................................................[£]14.......[s] -[d]'
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