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Salver

Date1738-1739

Artist/Maker Paul Crespin (1694 - 1770)

OriginEngland, London

MediumSilver (Sterling)

DimensionsH(rim): 1 3/8"; D(rim): approx. 9 3/4"; D(base): 7 15/16"

Credit LineMuseum Purchase

Object number1954-542

DescriptionSalver: circular; flat narrow rim with edge composed of eighteen matched curved repeats separated by an indention between each on short concave sides with a raised rib extending from each indention in rim to base; broad flat circular base supported on three cast bracket legs tapering to scroll feet; rim, sides and base raised from a single disc of silver. Reversed double cypher "AS" engraved in center of base.
Label TextCircular salvers of this form with broadly fluted sides and bracket feet, deriving from unfooted dessert dishes, date mainly from the 1730s. They sometimes served as stands for tea kettles, as witnessed by an example of 1731/1732 with kettle, also by Crespin.
InscribedReversed double cypher "AS" engraved in center of base.
MarkingsMaker's mark "PC" in block letters with a shell above and a mullet below within a conforming reserve, leopard's head crowned, lion passant, and date letter on under side of base.
ProvenanceBracher & Sydenham, Reading (1951)
Vendor: Garrard &Co. Ltd., London (purchased [rom Thomas Lumley
Ltd., London, 1954)
Acquired by CWF in 1954.