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Salver

1713-1714 (made)
Artist/Maker
Unknown
Place of origin
London (made)

The waiter is similar to although smaller than a salver which is a particular type of flat, serving dish, with no handle. It was intended to be carried by a servant to present a glass, letter, visiting card etc. Often they were circular but they could also be square or polygonal with rounded corners or lobed.


Object details

Category
Metalwork
Object type
Salver
Materials and techniques
Silver, raised and engraved
Silver
Raising
Engraving (Incising)
Brief description
Salver, silver, London hallmarks for 1713-14, mark indecipherable
Physical description
Salver, one of a pair, silver, circular with a spinally gadrooned rim, underneath a sexfoil of cut card work and a moulded foot. Engraved with a coat of arms within a rococo cartouche, (partly per pale a chevron or, between two crescents and a slpped trfoil impaling a lion rampant).
Dimensions
  • Height: 4.5cm
  • Diameter: 20.6cm
  • Weight: 513.1g
  • Weight: 16.5troy
Marks and inscriptions
  • Marks are rubbed and indecipherable, dating made through comparison with its pair.
  • Arms
  • Engraving very rubbed
  • Town mark: London
  • Engraved with a coat of arms within a rococo cartouche, (partly per pale a chevron or, between two crescents and a slpped trefoil impaling a lion rampant).
Credit line
Bequeathed by W. J. Johnson
Object history
Bequest - W J Johnson
Acquisition RF: 44 / 505
Subjects depicted
Gadrooning
Moulding
Coat of Arms
Summary
The waiter is similar to although smaller than a salver which is a particular type of flat, serving dish, with no handle. It was intended to be carried by a servant to present a glass, letter, visiting card etc. Often they were circular but they could also be square or polygonal with rounded corners or lobed.
Associated object
M.1649-1944 (Pair)
Collection
Metalwork Collection
Accession number
M.1649A-1944

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Record createdSeptember 10, 2004
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O105046/salver-unknown/
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