Exceptional Victorian Silver Salver
£1,875.00
YEAR OF MANUFACTURE: circa 1881
ORIGIN: Sheffield, England
MAKER: Henry Stratford
STOCK CODE: 2740
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Victorian silver salver of exceptional weight and finely hand-engraved with intricate geometric patterns.
The term salver was used in England from the mid-seventeenth century to denote a flat tray without handles, usually made of silver. Like this one, some salver designs feature supporting feet - usually three or four.
The word derives from the Latin salvare meaning to save. Originally, food or drink intended for royalty would be initially tasted by a servant for signs of poison before it reached the royal top table. Being served on the salver indicated that this process had taken place and the food and drink was now fit for a king.
Salvers later became commonplace in aristocratic and wealthy homes and Samuel Pepys is recorded as an owner of a salver, signifying his high social standing.
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£1,875.00