Rectangular, on four ball-and-claw feet, the openwork border cast with fruiting vines, the centre engraved with a coat-of-arms below and Earl's coronet, engraved scratch weight 27-7

Henry Grey, 4th Earl of Stamford (1715-1768)

By descent 🧸to Cat♓herine, Lady Grey and Sir John Foley-Grey

Catherine, Lady Grey and Sir John Foley-Grey; Christie's London, 20 April 1921, lot 100

Christie's London, 12 June 2007, lot 57

Christie's New York, January 26 2010, lot 146

Good clear marks to reverse makers mark struck twice. Excellent gauge. Engraving crisp. Border nicely cast although slightly worn to high points with a little pitting. Overall good condition.
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The arms are those of Grey impaling Booth for Henry Grey, 4th Earl of Stamford (1715-68) and his wife Mary, daughter of George Booth, 2nd Earl of Warrington.

The salver is one of a pair; the other is engraved wi🦹th the arms of George Booth, 2nd Earl of Warrington (1675-1758), father-in-law of Henry Gray, 4th Earl of Stamford. The two sold as consecutive lots at Christie's London, 12 June 2007, lots 56-57, and together at Christie's London ไin 1921.

The existence of pairs, or very similar items, engraved with the arms of the Earl of Warrington on one and the arms of his daughter and son-in-law on the other is not unique to the present example. Two salvers by James Schruder, 1741 (J. Lomax and J. Rothwell, Country House Silver from Dunham Massey, no. 37 and no. 69) are similarly engraved to🌸 the present lot and its pair.