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A VICTORIAN SILVER SEVEN- PIECE TEA SERVICE AND LARGE SALVER LONDON, 1849, RETAILED BY CHARLES FREDERICK HANCOCK, THE MAJORITY WITH MARK OF JOSEPH ANGELL SENIOR AND JUNIOR, THE SLOP BOWL AND BASKET WITH MARK OF JOSEPH ANGELL, THE SALVER WITH MARK OF ROBERT HENNELL In the Teniers style, the tea service comprising tea-kettle, stand and lamp, teapot, hot-water jug, sugar-bowl, cream-jug, slop bowl and basket, each on four cast figural feet, chased with tavern scenes, the basket with a landcsape scene, the domed covers chased with a village and with detachable cast finial of a drunken man; the shaped circular salver on four scroll feet, the openwork border with figures in a garden, the centre engraved with panels of trellis, foliage and flowers; the salver and basket engraved with a coat-of-arms within mantling and beneath coronet, marked on bases and covers and with later Portuguese control mark, each stamped C. F. HANCOCK FEC.T, 39 BRUTON STREET, LONDON the salver 25 in. (63.5 cm.) diam.; the tea kettle and stand 18in. (46cm.) high the salver 216 oz. 10 dwt. (6,735 gr.); gross weight of tea service 233 oz. 5 dwt. (7,256 gr.) The arms are those of Rospigliosi probably for Prince Giulio Cesare Rospigliosi (1781-1859), 6th Prince Rospigliosi and Duke of Zagarolo.
The Rospigliosi family originated from Pistoia, coming to prominence in the 12th century. They moved to Rome in the 17th century. Cardinal Giulio Rospigliosi (1660-1669) was appointed Pope in 1667 and ruled as Clement IX. They became one of the most prominent Roman noble families. Giambattista Rospigliosi (1646-1722) was created a prince of the Holy Roman Empire in 1658 and acquired the Duchy of Zagarolo in 1668.
Prince Giulio Cesare Rospigliosi (1781-1859), 6th Prince Rospigliosi and Duke of Zagarolo spent his early years in Tuscany during the French occupation of Rome, but returned to attend La Sapienza University. He served in the Austrian army, marrying Margherita Colonna, daughter of Filippo Colonna, constable of the Kingdom of Naples, in 1803. He was appointed head of the civic Militia and was made a Knight of the Order of St. Gregory by the pope in 1831. His business interests included insurance, as president of Pontificia Società di Assicurazioni, banking as a founder of Cassa di Risparmio, and agriculture as a landowner in Tuscany and Rome. He travelled extensively to France, Russia and Britain and had a passion for archaeology and early photography. He died in 1859 and was buried in the Rospigliosi Chapel, San Francesco a Ripa, Trastevere, Rome.