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| DESCRIPTION | Good Georgian silver waiter (small salver) with a shaped and shell decorated border and three hoof feet. Beautifully well struck and clear hallmarks verso and, unusually for this period, no sign of any engraving or erasure. There is no thinning of the metal centrally where you would expect it. |
| SILVERSMITH | Henry Morris, although this mark (Grimwade 1033) has long been attributed to Hugh Mills we can probably discount this as Hugh died in 1746 and now confidently attribute this cursive HM mark to the specialist salver maker Henry Morris who is recorded as alive and still smithing in 1749. Also, Hugh's wife Dorothy was silversmithing in partnership with Thomas Sarbitt by 1748, an extremely unlikely occurrence if Hugh were not deceased. |
| DATE or HALLMARK | 1749 |
| ASSAY OFFICE | London |
| WEIGHT in GRAMS | 261 |
| WIDTH | 6 ¾", 176mm |
| SILVER STANDARD | ·925 sterling silver |
| CONDITION | excellent, remarkably rare to have no engraving or erasure. Silver solder of this period was a crude, lumpy, clumpy affair. Just a few years later they had it perfect. A common issue with three legged salvers is that the leg joints break away and need to be re-soldered. The backs of these leg joints is extra crude, clumpy, lumpy so could have been re-done near the time of manufacture and the repairing silversmith decided to ensure that they were never to come adrift again. |
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| SOLD |
| Price £398 |
| item number m8217 |
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