A Victorian silver salver, Paul Storr, for Storr & Mortimer, London, 1834

shaped circular, engraved with a coat-of-arms and crest within a rococo cartouche surrounded by a broad band of flat-chased flowers and scrolls, cast scroll and rocaille border and feet, stamped STRORR AND MORTIMER 213

The arms are those of Arkwright of Willersley, Derbyshire, impaling Hoskyns for John Arkwright who was born on 27 August 1785, the son of Richard Arkwright (1755-1843) and grandson of Sir Richard Akwright (1732-1792), inventor of the spinning frame. He, who acquired the estate of Hampton Court, Herefordshire, in 1808, married on 13 April 1830, Sarah (d. 1869), eldest surviving daughter of Sir Hungerford Hoskyns, 7^th Bt. John Arkwright, who was J.P. and High Sheriff of Herefordshire in 1831, died in 1858.

Hampton Court, Herefordshire, was originally built by Sir Rowland Lenthall in 1427 on land given him by Henry IV. The Coningsby family acquired the estate in 1510 and lived there until it was purchased by John Arkwright. The latter undertook various alterations there during the 1830s and 1840s, transforming the house into a castellated mansion. Although the house is not open to the public, the spectacular gardens may be visited from the end of March to the end of October (http://www.hamptoncourt.org.uk/home.asp).