The Walpole Salver

Paul de Lamerie (1688 - 1751)

V&A (Victoria & Albert Museum)

1728-1729

The Walpole Salver made for Sir Robert Walpole out of the Exchequer Seal of George I; London hallmark 1728. The salver is engraved at the centre with a roundel with representations of the seal borne by Hercules with various Virtues and Vices.

• Medium: silver-gilt
• Art Fund Grant: £1000 ( Total: £7,800)
• ArtFunded in: 1956
• Vendor: Christie's

Provenance

Sir Robert Walpole; his second son Horace Walpole; his sale at Stawberry Hill, 1842; back into the possession of the family; by descent.

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