| INDEX | ALL SILVER |
| DESCRIPTION | Superb, highest quality, large and heavy antique English Georgian first period rococo solid sterling silver salver with shell and scroll rim decoration and the original rococo armorial engraving. |
| SILVERSMITH | William Peaston, specialist salver maker |
| DATE or HALLMARK | 1747 |
| ASSAY OFFICE | London |
| WEIGHT in GRAMS | 850 |
| max. WIDTH | 11 ½", 294mm |
| SILVER STANDARD | ·925 sterling silver |
| CONDITION | excellent, thick silver, beautiful original condition. Little rub to the top of each leg from a display stand. Spending most of its life supported vertically on a display stand and rarely seeing active service goes a long way in explaining the fantastic condition of this piece. Yes, you have a point, "why is there also a rub to what would be the top leg as the stand would only rub the two lower legs?" I propose that with the passage of time the original owner's armorial lost significance and when the salver was replaced in the stand after a light clean or occasional use the orientation of the old engraving was not always respected or noticed. |
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| SOLD |
| Price £1495 |
| item number m8976 |
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