Salver

Andrew Moore (British)

1703

Medium/TechniqueSilver (Britannia standard), gilt

DimensionsOverall: 6.5 x 26 cm (2 9/16 x 10 1/4 in.)
Weight: 62 oz 4 dwt (1935 g)

Credit LineGift of Alan and Simone Hartman and Harriet J. Bradbury Fund

Accession number2001.24.1

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ClassificationsSilver-gilt

Collections

Europe

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.