Pepper caster
Samuel Whitford
Category
Silver
Date
1875 - 1876
Materials
Sterling silver
Measurements
105 mm (Height); 41 mm (Diameter)
Place of origin
London
Order this imageCollection
Saltram, Devon
NT 872311.2.1
Summary
Base of one of a pair of small pepper casters, sterling silver, by Samuel Whitford (jr), London, 1875/6. The plain cylindrical body is constructed of seamed sheet silver and has an off-centre applied wire, a cast gadrooned foot and an upper wire below the lip with a single notch for the bayonet fixing of the cover. Heraldry: Engraved on the front of the body between the applied wires with the Parker crest beneath an earl’s coronet for Albert Parker, 3rd Earl of Morley (1843-1905) and his wife, Margaret Holford, Countess of Morley (1855-1908).
Full description
For further information see the master entry.
Provenance
Given in 1876 as a wedding present to Albert Parker, 3rd Earl of Morley (1843-1905) and his wife, Margaret Holford, Countess of Morley (1855-1908); their son Edmund Parker, 4th Earl of Morley (1877-1951); his brother Montagu Parker, 5th Earl of Morley (1878-1962); National Trust.
Credit line
Saltram, the Morley Collection (National Trust)
Marks and inscriptions
Underside of base and below rim of cover: Hallmarks: maker’s mark SW for Samuel Whitford (junior), female monarch’s head facing left, sterling lion, date letter ‘u’ for 1875 and leopard’s head crowned.
Makers and roles
Samuel Whitford, goldsmith