Salvers can be round, oval or rectangular. They only become trays when they have handles. The centers can be decorated with flat-chasing (1735-1755); with bright-cut engraving (1790-1810); completely plain or later decorated.

There are a variety of borders found on Salvers ranging from a pie crust border, a shell border, a shell and scroll border, a Chippendale border, a gadroon border, a bead-edge border, to name a few. The shape can vary from square to square with in-curve corners to trefoil to round. Salvers can have very elaborate cast, applied borders and can also have cast, applied feet or be flat bottom.

 

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Two Handled Tray by The Gorham Company Providence, RI, c.1865 26” over the Handle; 22" x 16"; 106ozs. Overall Engraved Oval Tea Tray with cast beaded border and cast, applied floral handles on four cast floral stylized French feet. The engraved decoration of a Train at the top and bottom with the inscription: “Wm. D. Griswold, Esq. From His Friends and Employees of the St. L.A.& T.H. R.R. Co. March 31 st, 1864” The trains engraved on the tray read “St. Louis, Alton & Terre Haute R.R. The inscription above is flanked by two vignettes, one of deer in the wild and the other of a train. price upon request
Dish Cross by BALL TOMPKINS & BLACK New York City, c.1840 14” long; 3 ¼” to top of the support; 16 ozs. 10 dwts. A Dish Cross with crossed arms that swivel on a central, circular pivot; the center with a removable pierced grill. The plate rests are movable to accommodate various sizes of plates with pierced shell supports and matching feet. Marked “BT&B” on the bottom of one arm and “N.YORK” on the bottom of another arm. price upon request
Salver by ABRAHAM CARLILE Philadelphia, c.1780 6” diameter; 6 ozs. Circular Salver with an applied, beaded edge on three cast, applied hoof feet. Contemporary foliate initials “AW” on the face and marked “A.CARLILE” in script twice on the back. price upon request
Pair of Salvers by HUGH MILLS London, 1751 12 ¼” diameter; 62 ozs. 19 dwts. Pair of circular Salvers with cast Chippendale borders of shells and scrolls on 3 cast scroll feet. The Salvers chased with a band of flowers and scrolls on a matted background, the centers engraved with a coat-of-arms probably for “The Dixon Family”, the motto “QUOD DIXI DIXI” translates to “WHAT I HAVE SAID, I HAVE SAID”. Fully marked on the base. price upon request
Pair of Salvers by LEWIS FUETER New York City, c.1770 6 ¾” diameter; 16 ozs. 10 dwts. Pair of circular Salvers with gadrooned borders, each on three cast, applied shell feet. The centers each engraved with a Coat-of-Arms, crest and motto. Marked on the back of each. Literature: The Darling Foundation of New York State Early American Silversmiths and Silver, New YorkState Silversmiths, 1964, illus. P 84 Note: The arms are those of BUTLER-DANVERS impaling Fremantle for George John Danvers (1794-1866). He married Frances Arabella, daughter of Col. Stephen Francis William Freemantle in 1815. price upon request
Ink Stand by SIMON PANTIN II London, c.1730 10” long x 6 ½” wide; 30 ozs. The Arms are those of “HOWARD” later to become the “Earl of Wicklow” price upon request

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