An early set, each of the
same date and usual round form having pierced pales,
circling garlands and
swags supported by urns and a medallion
suspending
a beribboned applied oval, beaded upper rim and stepped foot,
each with the original
turned wooden coaster bases,
two bases
with central bone inserts and one with turning dot only;
crested for Everard and an Unknown Family :
In front of a man’s head affronty couped at
the shoulders proper crined sable on the head a long cap argent
charged with three bars wavy gules three mullets pierced sable (for
Everard);
A leopard (?) statant (….?....)* (for
….?....) *Although indistinct, the leopard may well be collared
and
have a chain/line attached thereto and reflexed over its back.
The second crest of ‘a leopard
statant’ presently remains unidentified although it may have a
connection with Everards through marriage,
or to have come to them
through an inheritance from a distant cousin or acquaintance.
There is also a
possibility that this particular crest could have belonged to a
former owner of these coasters
if they were purchased by the
Everards at some time, although this would seem unlikely.
The crest of Everard is certainly that of the
Everards, of Narborough Wood and Bradgate Park, who were later
seated at Ratcliffe Hall
all in the County of Leicestershire. This
family stems from the Everards, of Groby, later of Bardon Hill House
in the same county.
This senior branch of the family bore as their
a slightly different crest:
‘A bust of a man in profile couped at
the shoulders proper on the head a long cap barry wavy of eight or
and sable turned up gold’. The motto of the Everards, of
Ratcliffe Hall which often found in combination with their crest was ‘Say and do’.
Condition: Excellent; good marks; one silver pin to base a replacement; one
coaster slightly out of level at the top (base sits level);
this set is comprised of a pair and a single, all by the same maker and
bearing the same date
Marks registered 1774 as Plateworkers on Norfolk Street; partnership
dissolved 1776,
working thereafter as IR (1776) and I.R (1793) (Sheffield Assay Office
Register)
Note: See Price Guide to Antique
Silver, P. 327, Pl. 1063 for a similar example
Each 2”H x 5.5” Diameter
#6213
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