Collection Highlights
Dish: footed compote with cover
1825-1845
1936.693ab
Glass
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Salver
Object name
Salver
Date
ca. 1830
Medium
Silver
Dimensions
Overall: 1 3/4 x 19 5/8 in. ( 4.4 x 49.8 cm )
Description
Wrought and cast silver salver; flat, circular dish with applied, convex sides and flared rim; applied, cast gadrooned and scroll band with shell and leaf motifs applied around the edge of the rim; circular reserve in the center of the dish surrounded by engraved foliate scroll decoration; dish seated on three cast paw feet with anthemion joints; maker's mark on the base.
Credit Line
Gift of Mr. Goodhue Livingston
Object Number
1951.310
Marks
Maker's mark: stamped on base: in a circle, "FLETCHER & GARDINER." in roman letters around, "PHILA" in a rectangle
Inscriptions: engraved at center of obverse in form of circular reserve surrounded by mantling of vertical scrolled swags, surmounted by scrolled bracket with foliate crest, with underneath support of diaper pattern pedestal and scrolled foliate brackets, set on background of floral garlands and shading.
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
