Salt
Robert Hennell I and Samuel Hennell
Category
Silver
Date
1804 - 1805
Materials
Sterling silver
Measurements
100 mm (Height)
Place of origin
London
Order this imageCollection
Saltram, Devon
NT 872307.3
Summary
One of two salts, sterling silver, by Robert Hennell I and Samuel Hennell, 1804/5. Part of a larger set of eight salts with six by David and Robert Hennell I, London, 1763/4. The plain, compressed oval body of the salt has been raised from a flat sheet of silver. The cast and applied rim is wavy and gadrooned and the four scroll feet rest on shell pads and are connected to the body of the salt with asymmetrical scroll cartouches. Heraldry: Engraved on one long side of the salt is the Parker crest beneath a baron’s coronet for John Parker, 2nd Lord Boringdon (later 1st Earl of Morley, 1772-1840).
Full description
For further information see the master entry.
Provenance
Acquired by John Parker, 2nd Lord Boringdon (later 1st Earl of Morley, 1772-1840); by descent to Edmund, 4th Earl of Morley (1877-1951); accepted in lieu of Estate Duty by HM Treasury and transferred to the National Trust in 1957.
Credit line
Saltram, the Morley Collection (National Trust)
Marks and inscriptions
Underside of bowl: Hallmarks: sterling lion, leopard’s head crowned, maker’s mark R pellet H over S pellet H for Robert Hennell I and Samuel Hennell (Arthur Grimwade, London Goldsmiths 1697-1837 (1990), no. 2338), date letter I for 1804/5 and monarch’s head facing right.
Makers and roles
Robert Hennell I and Samuel Hennell, goldsmith