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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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
Circular Salver by JOHN HUTSON London, 1795 14” diameter; 40 ozs. Circular Salver with a reeded edge on 4 cast, applied reeded, French feet. The center engraved with the contemporary crest of a chained bear*. Fully marked on the base. *see “Fairbairn’s Crests of the Families of GREAT BRITAIN and IRELAND” by James Fairbairn, Cassel, Petter & Galpin, Ludgate Hill, London and Broadway, New York, Volume II, Plate 61, Crest 5. price upon request
Snuffer Tray by REBECCA EMES & EDWARD BARNARD London, 1808 10 ¼” long; 4 ¼” wide; 6 ozs. Regency Style Snuffer Tray with cast, leaf and shell capped handles and a cast applied rim. A contemporary crest is in the center of the Tray. Fully marked on the base. 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
Snuffer Tray by ANDREW E. WARNER Baltimore, c.1815 9 ½” long; 4 ozs. Oval, Federal style Snuffer Tray with an applied, reeded edge. A contemporary crest engraved on the front. Marked “A.E.WARNER” and “11” on the base. price upon request
Set of 12 Plates with 5 matching, nesting Platters by MATTHEW BOULTON Birmingham, c.1800 Plates 10 ¾” diameter Platters 12 ½” x 9 ½” 14 7/8” x 10 7/8” 17 ¼” x 12 ¾” 19” x 13 ¾” 21” x 15 ¼” Set of 12 Silver Plated Dishes with 5 matching Silver Plated Meat Platters each with shaped and gadrooned borders. Marked with the “star” on the under side of each rim. 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
Pr. Dessert Stands by JOHN S. HUNT London, 1853 10 ¾” tall; 7 3/8” diameter at rim; 6 ¾” diameter at base; 92 ozs. Pair of cast Dessert Stands with vines, leaves and grapes entwining the base, forming the feet and then rising up to form the support for cut crystal dishes. Large cast Cherubs are on each base; the first, a soldier wearing a helmet and holding a spear in one hand and a shield in the other, with a sword on the ground at his side. The second, playing a lyre. Contemporary Coats-of-Arms in cast cartouches at the base of each. Marked for JOHN S. HUNT, London, 1853 on the base of each, on the cast cartouches of each as well as on the Spear and the Sword. Further marked “Hunt & Roskell” “Late Storr & Mortimer”, incised, on the bottom edge of each 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
Inkwell and Stand by EDWARD C. MOORE for TIFFANY & CO. New York City, c.1865 5” tall; 10 ¼” long; 27 ozs. Cast cherubs holding the Inkwell which has a cast finial of the marks of Comedy & Tragedy on the hinged lid. The cherubs are on a stand with 4 cast geometric feet and cast Egyptian mask head handles. Marked “Tiffany & Co.” “English Sterling 925 – 1000” “550 Broadway” with the script“M”twice all on thebase. Note: See “Tiffany Silver” by Charles H. Carpenter, Jr. with Mary Grace Carpenter, page 125, Figure 183 for a similar Inkwell. 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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