James Shruder
( Active 1737 - 1749 )
A George II Basket
James Shruder
( Active 1737 - 1749 )
A George II Basket
By James Shruder
London 1744
50.7 oz, 1576 g, length 13 1/2 in. 34.3 cm
sides pierced and engraved on both sides with scrolls, acanthus, and wheat sheaves, rim applied with masks, center engraved with arms in rococo cartouche, crested swing handle, on four paw feet with acanthus headers, marked on base and handle.
The arms are those of Trollope, quartering Harpyn, Hawick and Clobery with Middleston in pretence, for Sir Thomas Trollope, 4th Bt. (1691-1784) and his wife Diana, daughter and co-heir of Thomas Middleton of Stanstead, Essex whom he married in c. 1721. The novelist Anthony Trollope (1815-1882) was Sir Thomas' great-grandson.
Christie's London, November 30, 2006, lot 681
James Shruder was likely a German protestant who was also part of the Lamerie group although no record exists of his apprenticeship or freedom. The character of his work, at its best, is some of the finest rococo plate of the day and suggests a German origin and training to match his name. His first mark entered as largeworker, 1 August 1737. Address: Wardour Street, St. Ann's, Westminster. Second and third marks, 25 June 1739. Address: Greek Street, Soho. Below this, an undated note, "James Shruder at the Golden Ewer in Spur Street, Leicester Square". Bankrupt, June 1749 as Goldsmith, St. Martin's in the Fields. Heal records him as above, with the addition of the sign of the Golden Ewer in Greek Street; as well as Corner of Hedge Lane, Leicester Square, from 1774. His power as a designer is exemplified by his highly original trade-card signed "J. Shruder Inv." and engraved by J. Warburton, which he unusually designed himself.
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