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Salver
Mark of: Andrew Moore (British)
English (London)
1703
Medium/Technique
Silver (Britannia standard), gilt
Dimensions
Overall: 6.5 x 26 cm (2 9/16 x 10 1/4 in.)
Weight: 62 oz 4 dwt (1935 g)
Weight: 62 oz 4 dwt (1935 g)
Credit Line
Gift of Alan and Simone Hartman and Harriet J. Bradbury Fund
Accession Number2001.24.1
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope
ClassificationsSilver-gilt
Silver
Silver
DescriptionOne of a pair (with 2001.24.2) of footed salvers on tapaered octagonal base with gadrooned edge. Rim has an applied band of gadrooning. The center engraved with an oval coat of arms.
Marks
Struck on reverse with hallmarks (lion's head erased, Britannia, date letter for 1703-4) and with maker's mark of Andrew Moore (Grimwade no. 2047); the feet with lion's head erased and maker's mark
InscriptionsThe arms are those of Methuen, as borne by Sir John Methuen (b. 1650 - d. 1706), appointed ambassador to Portugal in 1703.
ProvenanceOctober 25, 1703, Sir John Methuen (b. 1650? - d. 1706) [see note 1]; by descent within the family to Paul Sanford Methuen, 3rd Baron Methuen (b. 1845 - d. 1932); February 25, 1920, Methuen sale, Christie, Manson and Woods, London (?) [see note 2]. William Randolph Hearst (b. 1863 - d. 1951), New York and Los Angeles; about 1965, sold privately by the Hearst estate. 1987, with Spink and Son, London. S. J. Phillips, Ltd., London; probably sold by S. J. Phillips to Alan and Simone Hartman, New York; 2001, gift of Alan and Simone Hartman to the MFA. (Accession Date: February 21, 2001)
NOTES:
[1] These salvers (2001.24.1-2) form part of a service issued by the Jewel House to Methuen upon his appointment as Ambassador Extraordinary to Portugal. For further information see Christopher Hartop, "The Huguenot Legacy: English Silver 1680-1760 from the Alan and Simone Hartman Collection" (London: Thomas Heneage, 1996), cat. no. 1, pp. 70-73. [2] According to Hartop 1996 (as above, n. 1), the two MFA salvers were part of lot 63 in the 1920 Methuen sale. However, the description in this lot of a "pair of Queen Anne porringers and covers" does not match the MFA objects. It is possible they were included in this sale under a different lot number.
NOTES:
[1] These salvers (2001.24.1-2) form part of a service issued by the Jewel House to Methuen upon his appointment as Ambassador Extraordinary to Portugal. For further information see Christopher Hartop, "The Huguenot Legacy: English Silver 1680-1760 from the Alan and Simone Hartman Collection" (London: Thomas Heneage, 1996), cat. no. 1, pp. 70-73. [2] According to Hartop 1996 (as above, n. 1), the two MFA salvers were part of lot 63 in the 1920 Methuen sale. However, the description in this lot of a "pair of Queen Anne porringers and covers" does not match the MFA objects. It is possible they were included in this sale under a different lot number.