© Tredegar House, Gardens and Park
Cabinet.
Provenance
Tredegar House; saleroom history unknown until Christie's, New York, 1994.
Art we’ve helped buy at Tredegar House, Gardens and Park
Three armorial plates
Acquired 1993
The Tredegar Salt
Acquired 1996
Portrait of Sir Charles Morgan
Acquired 2004
Pair of George III dessert dishes
Acquired 1992
Cabinet
Acquired 1994
Cabinet
Acquired 2009
Armorial plate
Acquired 1993An unusual cabinet from 1720 appears to be a scaled down adults bureau, and was presumably made for a child. It is believed that the piece was commissioned by Sir William Morgan for his son.
William Owen's Portrait of Sir Charles Morgan shows the Lieutenant-Colonel seated in an armchair. Morgan built on the financial success of his father by setting up a company to develop the docks in Newport. He was MP for Brecon and Monmouth, and President of the Equitable Life Assurance Society.
The Tredegar Salt is one of the oldest original objects from the house dated from 1598.