Waiter
Edward Jay
Category
Silver
Date
1784 - 1785
Materials
Silver
Measurements
25 x 176 mm; 227 mm (Length)
Place of origin
London
Order this imageCollection
Saltram, Devon
NT 872316.2
Summary
One of a pair of oval silver waiters of Adam design on shaped feet and engraved with the Newcombe coat of arms.
Provenance
At Saltram by 1951 and accepted by HM Treasury in lieu of full payment of Estate Duty from the Executors of Edmund Robert Parker (1877-1951), 4th Earl of Morley and transferred to NT in 1957.
Makers and roles
Edward Jay, silversmith Robert Adam (Kirkcaldy 1728 - London 1792), designer