William IV Silver Salver with Elaborate Pierced Border
Royal presentation interest:- an impressive William IV silver salver, by William Elliot, London 1835, circular outline and with an elaborate pierced border of foliate scrolls grapes, lions, hounds and drunken revellers, the presentation inscription reads as follows 'King William the Fourth has Given This piece of plate to John Irving Esq. In Commemoration of a Review dinner Given by His Majesty on the 2nd of June 1805 to the Volunteers of the County of Middlesex at Befont and in Discharge of the Sum of twenty five Pounds which the King on that Occasion Borrowed of Mr R', his Guest, a debt that had not recurred to His Majesty's recollection until recently 26th March 1837,' within engraved scrolling vines, raised on four bacchanalian mask feet, in a fitted case. Diameter 24.80 in., weight 245oz, weight 7640gms.
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- Salver - A plate or tray used for the formal offering of food, drink, letters or visiting cards, usually of silver plate, silver or silver-gilt. Large, heavy, oblong or oval silver salvers evolved into what we know as trays in the 18th century. Small, flat salvers are known as waiters.
- Foliate - Decorated with leaves or leaf-like forms.
- Engraving - The method of decorating or creating inscriptions on silver and other metal objects by marking the surface with a sharp instrument such as a diamond point or rotating cutting wheel.
- William Iv - William IV was King of the United Kingdom and King of Hanover from 26 June 1830 until his death in 1837, and in English furniture design it represented the brief period between the end of the Regency period, and the beginning of the Victorian period.
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