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Salver
Salver, standing on three cast scroll feet, waved rim with cast shell and scroll border, chased with a continuous band of matted flowers, scrolls and foliage, within which is engraved `This plate /WAS PRESENTED TO/James Brown Esq/RESIDENT ENGINEER/BY THE/NOBLEMEN AND GENTLEMEN/Subscribers to the Triumphal Arch/ERECTED AT HOLYHEAD/COF-ADAIL. 1. LYMWELIAD/Y. BRENIN. SIOR. IV.dd AG YNYS FON/AWST VII fed MDCCCXXI/GEO IV REX/MONAM INVISENS. HUC APPULIT. Aug VII AD. MDCCCXXI/ in honour of the visit of/His Majesty George the Fourth/TO THE PRINCIPALITY OF WALES/in token of their grateful feeling for his unremitting exertions/IN CONDUCTING THE WORK, together with an elevation of the arch.
Collection Area
Art
Item Number
NMW A 50013
Creation/Production
Eley, William II
Date: 1825-1826
Acquisition
Purchase, 12/5/1989
Measurements
Height
(cm): 4.6
Depth
(cm): 35.6
Height
(in): 1
Depth
(in): 14
Techniques
cast
forming
Applied Art
chased
decoration
Applied Art
engraved
decoration
Applied Art
Material
silver
Location
In store
Categories
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