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The Royal arms are those of King George III (1760-1820)
The crest is that of George James, 4th Earl of Cholmondeley (1749-1827), later created 1st Earl of Rocksavage and 1st Marquess of Cholmondeley in 1819. He was made a Knight of the Garter in 1822. It is likely that he was given the salver on his appointment as Lord Steward of the Household in 1812, a post he held until 1821. His wife Georgina Charlotte (1764-1838), second daughter of Peregrine, 3rd Duke of Ancaster and Kesteven, was co-heir of the office of Lord Great Chamberlain of England
The engraving on the salver is almost certainly by Walter Jackson, one of the most gifted of the early nineteenth century engravers, who is known to have engraved silver for both King George III and the Prince of Wales, later King George IV, when employed by the Royal Goldsmiths Rundell, Bridge and Rundell. Jackson was the last apprentice to John Thompson of Gutter Lane. Walter's skill is evident from the fact that within a year of becoming free he had two apprentices of his own. His work was often used to great effect on large salvers and trays such as lot 102 and two similar trays in the Al Tajir Collection. (exhibited: London, Christie's, The Glory of the Goldsmith, January 1990, nos. 126 and 129). A circular silver-gilt salver by Benjamin Smith, 1808, The Welligton Museum, Apsley House (The Victoria and Albert Museum) illustrated in C. Oman, English Engraved Silver, London, 1978, fig. 140, is engraved with an identical Royal coat-of-arms. An album acquired by the Victoria and Albert Museum in 1976 includes a large number of designs by Walter Jackson and his apprentice Samuel Jackson, possibly his nephew, who joined him in 1815 and became free in 1822
The crest is that of George James, 4th Earl of Cholmondeley (1749-1827), later created 1st Earl of Rocksavage and 1st Marquess of Cholmondeley in 1819. He was made a Knight of the Garter in 1822. It is likely that he was given the salver on his appointment as Lord Steward of the Household in 1812, a post he held until 1821. His wife Georgina Charlotte (1764-1838), second daughter of Peregrine, 3rd Duke of Ancaster and Kesteven, was co-heir of the office of Lord Great Chamberlain of England
The engraving on the salver is almost certainly by Walter Jackson, one of the most gifted of the early nineteenth century engravers, who is known to have engraved silver for both King George III and the Prince of Wales, later King George IV, when employed by the Royal Goldsmiths Rundell, Bridge and Rundell. Jackson was the last apprentice to John Thompson of Gutter Lane. Walter's skill is evident from the fact that within a year of becoming free he had two apprentices of his own. His work was often used to great effect on large salvers and trays such as lot 102 and two similar trays in the Al Tajir Collection. (exhibited: London, Christie's, The Glory of the Goldsmith, January 1990, nos. 126 and 129). A circular silver-gilt salver by Benjamin Smith, 1808, The Welligton Museum, Apsley House (The Victoria and Albert Museum) illustrated in C. Oman, English Engraved Silver, London, 1978, fig. 140, is engraved with an identical Royal coat-of-arms. An album acquired by the Victoria and Albert Museum in 1976 includes a large number of designs by Walter Jackson and his apprentice Samuel Jackson, possibly his nephew, who joined him in 1815 and became free in 1822