Salver
Maker
Ebenezer Coker
(1738-1781)
CultureEnglish
Date1764-1765
MediumSilver
DimensionsOverall: 1 1/8 x 8 in. (2.9 x 20.3 cm)
InscribedHallmarks (stamped on back of each): Black letter capital I (date letter for 1764-1765); Lion passant (sterling standard); Leopard head crowned (London assay); E C (maker's mark).
Credit LineGift of Walter P. Chrysler, Jr.
Object number78.118.2
Not on view
DescriptionOne of a pair of salvers. These round salvers have undulating gadrooned edges finely spaced with applied shell and fanlike decorations. The center of each salver is engraved with a lion rampant, probably an unidentified crest. (Taken from the TREASURES FOR THE TABLE catalog, p. 58).Exhibition History"Treasures for the Table; Silver from the Chrysler Museum," 6/15-8/6/1989.