The Wellby Collection

Salver

Thomas Farren (Tewkesbury c. 1681 - 1743)
Joseph Sympson, attributed to, workshop of

silver-gilt

c. 1730 - 1740

max 25.2 cm width

Heraldry:: arms of Barrington quartering Shales, 2nd Pole, 3rd France, quartering England; over all a label of three points for Plantagenet Dukes of Clarence; 4th quarter Neville, Earl of Warwick; 5th Montacute, Earls of Salisbury and Barons of Montacute; 6th Beauchamp
Maker's mark: 'T.F.' beneath a pellet, the stirling maker's mark of Thomas Farren (struck on the underside)

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Place of Creation: London

WA2013.1.323

Salver, silver-gilt, triangular, elaborately shaped outline, with shell and flower motifs. The centre engraved, amidst scrollwork, with an elaborately quartered shield of arms in a rococo cartouche. The crest, an old man in a flat hat, appears among the scrollwork on each side. The engraving is on a central triangular sheet of silver, which has been soldered onto the elaborately cast border. The casting of the border has not been polished on the back.

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Bequeathed by Michael Wellby, 2012.