ENGLISH 1874 STERLING SILVER FOOTED SALVER
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A Victorian Sterling Silver Salver, by Goldsmiths Alliance / Samuel Smily, London 1874, scrolling hexagonal form with beaded border and foliate with birds engraving, raised on ball and claw feet. The Center is engraved: To Charles Brathwaite Esq, on the occasion of his marriage, by the employees of Braithwaite & Co., as a small token of the esteem in which he is held by them, and with their best wishes for his future happiness & welfare. Kendal, 8 July, 1875. Measures 10"x10"x1". Weight 645 grams. PROVENANCE: A Private Charleston SC Estate. Samuel Smily (born 1825), the other son of William Smily, after apprenticeship to his father (1840) and freedom of the Goldsmiths' Company (1847) presumably continued to work with his father for A.B. Savory & Sons. After the death of William Smily (1865), Samuel Smily registered his own mark at the Goldsmith' Hall (SS into a chamfered rectangle) and took over his father's position of works manager of A.B. Savory & Sons. In 1866 A.B. Savory & Sons was converted into a limited liability company and changed the name to Goldsmiths' Alliance Ltd. From this date the hallmark 'SS' was often accompanied by the stamp "Goldsmiths Alliance Limited". Samuel Smily retired from Goldsmiths Alliance Ltd in 1880 and died in 1882.
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ENGLISH 1874 STERLING SILVER FOOTED SALVER
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