William and Mary Antique Silver Tazza

Description

A majestic early English silver footed salver with a broad gadroon border to the top and foot. Large size and very impressive. To the centre is a large contemporary, hand engraved armorial within plumage feathers. Good patina and charming traces of the original hand-beaten finish

Weight 821g, 26.4 troy oz.
Height 8.2cm, 3.5ins. Diameter 33.6cm, 13.25ins.
London 1693.
Maker William Gamble.
Sterling silver.

Marks. Stamped on top with a full set of English silver hallmarks, lion mark to the foot.

Arms. The hand engraved marital arms are contemporary with the silver tazza. The wife is most likely to have been a daughter or granddaughter of Christopher Goodfellow of the Inner Temple, London, son and heir of Matthias/Matthew Goodfellow of Cranford, Northamptonshire, or of his younger brother Matthew also of London, the brothers respectively described as esquire and gentleman. Christopher was born in 1610, educated at Oxford, entered the Inner Temple 1634, went on to a career as a lawyer, and died in 1690 (source: Students Admitted to the Inner Temple” (London, 1877) p.279).

A Christopher Goodfellow married Margaret Feazant on 21 October 1645 in St Christopher le Stocks, Threadneedle Street, City of London (source: Family Search). Their arms “Sable, three leopards heads in fess between two Barrs Gemels Or” were granted by Sir Edward Bysshe, Clarenceux King of Arms, “the 16th of April 1665, the 17th Year [sic] of the Reign of King Charles the Second”.

Literature: From the 17th century until the reign of George I salvers (often called tazzas) were raised on a pedestal foot. By 1700 some were made with the foot unscrewing. Very occasionally this type will also have 3 or 4 feet so that the salver can be used on a lower level.

This beautiful tazza is in very good condition with minimal wear consistent with age. The engravings are still sharp. The light discolouration on the top surface is from the original manufacture. There’s some minor surface scratching from use over several centuries.

Maker: William Gamble

William Gamble, London silversmith, apprenticed to John Sutton, 1680, free 1688. Gamble entered 2 marks on 1688 and registered a third mark, Britannia Standard, in 1697. Livery 1705, Court 1724, Touchwarden 1730. William took 2 apprentices, Samuel Jeffries and Humphrey Cripps. Died after 1732.

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