Footed salver

Date1678-1700

Probably by John Stribblehill

MediumPewter

DimensionsOH: 3"; Diam: 10 5/16"; W (rim): 21/32"; Diam (base): 4 7/16"

Credit LineMuseum Purchase

Object number1958-562

DescriptionSalver: circular; top or tray in the form of a circular plate with multiple moldings on face of narrow rim on short concave hammered booge to flat base; broad circular stem with tripartite mid-band flaring at bottom to broad stepped and molded circular base. Uninscribed as to owner.
Label TextThis well-made salver is remarkably similar to one in the Carvick-Webster Collection that bears the mark of John Stribblehill of London. The vestiges of the touch- mark on the CWF salver correspond quite closely to the Stribblehill touchmark as struck on the first London Touch Plate. He entered this touch in 1678. Ricketts cites as his latest date for Stribblehill the completion in 1704 of the apprenticeship under him of his nephew, Thomas Stribblehill II.
InscribedNone
MarkingsIndistinct touch mark incorporating, in part, a scrolled reserve containing "IO__" at top and a palm frond to either side on underside of well (possibly Cotterell 4569; London Touch Plate I, 300). Indistinct secondary mark on underside of well incorporating, in part, a rose with a crown above with a palm frond to either side and crossing below. Only the lion passant within a shield, the second of four pseudo hallmarks on underside of well, is distinct.
ProvenanceVendor: A.H. Isher & Son, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire.