Magdalen Feline Explained

Magdalen Feline
Death Date:1796
Nationality:English
Occupation:Silversmith

Magdalen Feline (sometimes Fellen or Pheline) (died 1796) was an English silversmith.

Feline was the widow of largeworker Edward Feline, and herself was classified as both a largeworker and a plateworker during her career. Her first mark was registered on 15 May 1753; a second mark followed on 18 January 1757. She gave an address of King Street in Covent Garden.[1] Among those for whom she worked during her career were Lord and Lady Stamford.[2]

A box by Feline, made between 1771 and 1772, is currently in the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art.[3] The National Museum of Women in the Arts owns a George II lamp stand of 1751 and a George II kettle on lamp stand of 1756.[1] Feline also created the mace of the South Carolina House of Representatives, which dates to 1756 and is reputedly the only such pre-Revolutionary mace remaining in use in the United States.[4] Four other maces by her exist in England.[5] Also surviving is her will, dated 10 June 1796.[6]

Notes and References

  1. Book: Philippa Glanville. Jennifer Faulds Goldsborough. National Museum of Women in the Arts (U.S.). Women Silversmiths, 1685-1845: Works from the Collection of the National Museum of Women in the Arts. registration. 1990. Thames and Hudson. 978-0-500-23578-2.
  2. Book: Country Life. 1921. 441–.
  3. Web site: Magdalen Feline Box British, London . 2023-11-23 . The Metropolitan Museum of Art . en.
  4. Book: South Carolina: A Guide to the Palmetto State. US History Publishers. 978-1-60354-039-1. 220–.
  5. Web site: Mace of the House of Representatives. Mar 8, 2019.
  6. Web site: Catalogue description: Will of Magdalen Feline, Widow of Send, Surrey. Jun 10, 1796. Mar 8, 2019. National Archive of the UK.