Gabriel Sleath
A GEORGE II SHELL MOTIF STERLING SILVER SALVER, LONDON, 1741
A GEORGE II SHELL MOTIF STERLING SILVER SALVER, LONDON, 1741
Sterling silver;
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A shaped-circular salver on three supports. The moulded border has a reeded rim and is broken at intervals by cast shell motifs. The centre is engraved with an armorial added later.
This is early Georgian London silver of the best domestic kind. It is heavy-gauge, restrained, and made for the sideboard of a family grand enough to engrave its arms on it. Gabriel Sleath was one of the steady, reliable goldsmiths of the period, and his salvers, coffee pots and tankards are prized for their weight and plain, confident lines. The shell-punctuated border belongs to the 1740s, as the strict Queen Anne–George I plainness was giving way to the first touches of Rococo.
Condition: Good. The marks are clear, and there are light scratches and wear from use. The salver stands evenly.
25.4 cm (10 in) diameter
