A George II silver large salver, Phillips Garden, London, 1754

raised on four paw feet, the border cast and chased with alternating boldly-modeled female masks and floral swags, the center engraved with contemporary arms in an elaborate surround of trellis with grapevine, supported by two caryatids, topped by fruit-filled urns and flanked by a youth and a shepherdess, all above a scene of naked putti frolicking

engraving rubbed, surface with light surface scratches and a few minor dings from use, overall good condition, impressive scale and craftsmanship
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The arms are those of Wrey with Thresher in pretence, for Sir Bourchier Wrey, 6th Baronet, North Devon Militia and M.P. for Barnstable 1749-54, and his second wife Ellen, daughter of John Thresher of Bradford, Wiltshire.

The same cartouche appears on a salver by Thomas Farren, 1733 in the Victoria and Albert Museum, illus. Charles Oman, English Silversmiths' Work, p. 126 and on another salver by Simon Pantin, 1730 sold Christie's, New York, April 16, 1999, lot 205. Oman attributes the engraving to Joseph Sympson.