Serpentine Antiques has dated this piece to the 1800s.
With charming winged family crest to centre surrounded by motto "Reason Contents Me."
Size-7 inches diameter by 1 1/8 inches high.
Her husband Rupert, was the author of Domestic Metalwork, the authoritative book on the subject, which she updated and revised after his death.
The new Belinda Gentle metalware gallery at the Victoria and Albert Museum in London is named after her. She was a lifetime student and dealer in antique brass and associated metals.
This salver was purchased from her home in 2005 when she died, and came from her personal old sheffield plate collection.
A charming salver, with excellent provenance, in very good condition.
Serpentine Antiques has dated this piece to the 1800s.
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