Salver

James Kerr (active 1720s - 1730s)

Museum of Edinburgh

1735 - 1736

The salver has four scroll and shell feet so it may also have been a stand for a kettle or tea urn. The shaped rim has a border of delicately chased shells, scrolls, swags and fruit filled baskets. The armorial in the centre is that of John, 5th Viscount Arbuthnott of Arbuthnott House, Fordown, Kincardineshire.

• Medium: silver
• Dimensions: diameter: 30cm
• Art Fund Grant: £4125 ( Total: £16,500)
• ArtFunded in: 2004
• Vendor: Michael Rix

Provenance

?Mary Cook; W Fortescue; Michael Rix.

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