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Silversmith: Mettayer, Lewis
Silver; rectangular with cut corners, with baluster-shaped handle
Silver; the rectangular tray with cut corners and moulded rim stands on four pad feet. The baluster-shaped handle is set at right-angles to the long side and has a finger loop beneath. The centre of the tray is engraved with royal armorials and the monogram 'AR' for Queen Anne; the handle is engraved with two crests
History note: Not known before Spencer George Perceval, Esq.
S.G. Perceval Bequest
Weight: 295 g
Weight: 9: 9 oz: dwt
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1922) by Perceval, Spencer George
18th Century, Early#
Queen Anne
1707
CE
-
1708
CE
To Top Of Handle
Height 3.8 cm
Height 1⅜ in
Across The Sides
Width 18.4 cm
Width 7¼ in
Armorials
Accession number: M/P.1-1922
Primary reference Number: 119229
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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