A RARE STAFFORDSHIRE AGATEWARE SILVER-SHAPED SALVER, CIRCA 1750

raised on three hoof feet.

Jonathan Horne Antiques Inc., London

There is a minute pinhead chip to tip of the rim edge at one outer molding and another 3/8-inch polished rim chip. There is a tiny chip to the edge of one foot and a restoration to another foot, which may have been off and restored back; the restoration is very well done.
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A pair of similar salvers is in the Burnap Collection, one of which is illustrated by Ross E. Taggart in The Burnap Collection of English Pottery, p. 108, no. 417. A similar example from the Harriet Carlton Goldweitz Collection was sold in these rooms, January 20, 2006, lot 78.