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The Walpole Salver
Artist: Paul de Lamerie (1688 - 1751)
Location: Victoria and Albert Museum
Date: 1728-1729
Materials: silver-gilt
Grant:
Amount Paid: £1,000 (Total: £7,800)
Vendor: Christie's
Review number: 1843 (1956)
Provenance:
Sir Robert Walpole; his second son Horace Walpole; his sale at Stawberry Hill, 1842; back into the possession of the family; by descent.
Description:
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.
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