Salt
David and Robert Hennell I
Category
Silver
Date
1763 - 1764
Materials
Sterling silver
Place of origin
London
Order this imageCollection
Saltram, Devon
NT 872307.8
Summary
One of six salts, sterling silver, by David and Robert Hennell I, London, 1763/4. Part of a larger set of eight salts with two by Robert Hennell I and Samuel Hennell, 1804/5. 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, 1st Lord Boringdon (1735-88). The baron’s coronet is a later addition, following the creation of the title in 1784.
Full description
For further information see the master entry.
Provenance
Acquired by John Parker (later 1st Lord Boringdon, 1735-88), probably from Parker and Wakelin in 1764; by descent to Edmund Parker, 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 body: Hallmarks: sterling lion, maker’s mark DH and RH in a cross with a central pellet for David and Robert Hennell I (Arthur Grimwade, London Goldsmiths 1697-1837 (1990), no. 472), leopard’s head crowned and date letter ‘H’ for 1763/4.
Makers and roles
David and Robert Hennell I, goldsmith