English Sterling Silver Salver Wm Peaston 1750 40oz

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FINEST ENGLISH GEORGE II STERLING SILVER SALVER; UNIQUE RAISED SHELL, GRAPE AND LEAF BORDER; LAVISHLY DETAILED FRUIT AND SCROLLING FLORAL DECORATION, BOLDLY CAST HAIRY PAW FEET; PERIOD ARMORIAL; SALVER SPECIALIST WILLIAM PEASTON, LONDON; 13 INCHES & 40 OUNCES. This is a large and important, George II English sterling silver salver. From the renowned London salver specialist William Peaston. Date marked 1750. T is no record of appenticeship or freedom. He was first listed in 1746. Second mark with Robert, his son or younger brother in 1756. Produced mostly high quality salvers. An example displayed at the renowned Clark Institute. The largest collection of Georgian silver outside of England. Beth Wees in "English Irish & Scottish Silver" writes most of Peaston's salvers display the "standard shell and scroll borders" Page 458. As such, our Peaston salver with aesthetic inspired grape, leaf and shell, and unique paw feet presents a dramatic shift in style for this important maker. Masterfully crafted in classic circular design. Beautifully cast grape, leaf shell and wavy vine border. Life like clusters of grapes, each individually carved. Amidst wavy leaf. Raised, wide fan shells, ruffled tips. The shell deep panel cut, with fine line texture detail. Like satin to the touch. Recessed centre with later fruit and scrolling florals. The flowers and fruit in wide panel vine frames. Large, elaborate period armorial. Encased three wolf heads, swan wings outstreched and two knight's helmets within shell and scrolling floral border. Supported upon boldly fashioned, stepped knee hair paw feet. Such a unique foot also a major deviation from Peaston's usual simple scroll and bead or leaf and vine foot. This elegant and uniquely designed Peaston salver is 13 inches in diameter and 1 5/8 tall. Exceptionally thick, heavy guage sterling, weighs 40 ounces. Yes. Forty ounces. That is considerable weight for a salver of this proporation. In excellent condition. Rich, lustreous sterling patina throughout. The salver stands perfectly firm on table or sideboard. The rare raised shell, grape and leaf border, and large period armorial retain most all of their original crisp, vibrant hand chased detail. As do the hairy paw feet. Well struck hallmarks to the underside. Including Peaston's distinctive interlocked "W & P" within heart shape cartouche. No Georgian silver collection focused upon salvers is complete, without an example from salver specialist William Peaston. This 1750 production from Peaston is especially important. As the grape and leaf decoration and paw feet deviate significantly from his usual understated designs. Please feel free to inquire directly about this, or any item we've listed. Whether the item is alone or part of a set. We very much welcome your interest. We are collectors first. As such, we are quite easy to work with. We happily combine items when shipping, saving you costs. We ship twice weekly, usually US Postal Priority. Fully insured for domestic packages, and air parcel overseas. We charge a bit more than actual cost for custom size boxes, shipping materials and to pay for professional packing. We make great effort to accurately describe each item listed. Returns are accepted, if either condition, country of origin or dating is significantly incorrect. In such cases we refund your shipping costs as well. Like you, we are only human, and make mistakes. Hopefully, not too many. Remember, the items you see are antiques. Hence, have an expected amount of wear from normal use. As such, returning an item because we failed to mention the tiniest bit of wear, or barely discernible flaw is not acceptable. Nor do we accept returns based on buyer's remorse. Nor change of taste, or because a buyer did not realize how "small" four inches might be once in hand. Please note, Massachusetts residents are subject to sales tax. We have over 2561 feedbacks. And, are quite proud of our 99.6% rating. We received favorable notice in the ... read more

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