Silver - Day Two - 20 Jul 2011
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A George II silver salver,
by William and Robert Peaston, London 1757,
circular form, shell and scroll border, on three gnarl feet, the centre engraved with an armorial, scratch initialled to underside 'B' over 'P*D', diameter 34.8cm, approx. weight 40oz.
Provenance: purchased from Christie's London, 7 March 1990.
Later engraved with a shield evidently intended for Burton of Longner, Shropshire quartering Lingen and impaling Rigbye or Bickerstath.