Salver

c. 1830

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Andrew Ellicott Warner

Salver

c. 1830

Physical Qualities Silver, 6 1/2 x 6 1/2 x 7/8 in. (16.5 x 16.5 x 2.2 cm)

Credit Line Gift of Virginia P.B. White, Baltimore

Object Number 1933.54.31

Inscribed on the back "From Aunt Hollins," this salver was once an elegant gift. A little engraved flower enclosed in a wreath centers the composition. The widely spaced dot or "snowflake" pattern punched into the surface is framed by cast and applied pear-shaped beading along the edge.

Baltimore Museum of Art by gift, 1933; Virginia Purviance Bonsal White (1869-1955), Baltimore, MD

Goldsborough, Jennifer Faulds. "Eighteenth and Nineteenth Century Maryland Silver in the Collection of The Baltimore Museum of Art." Baltimore: The Baltimore Museum of Art, 1975. p. 117, ill.

Inscribed: Underside toward rim: "From Aunt Hollins" in etched cursive script

Markings: underside toward rim: "A.E. Warner 11" (appears 2x)