Stock No. 2460	Pair William IV silver salvers
	Very elegant pair of William IV circular sterling silver salvers of the highest quality and a substantial weight. The salvers have a gadrooned border and each stands on three feet which are very importantly decorated with a shell, a stylised rose and acanthus leaves. In the centre of each salver is applied a very attractive monogram consisting of the letters SLR.. Both salvers are stamped with a French duty mark on the side by the border. The full hallmarks and the maker's mark are stamped on the back of each salver and are very crisp and clear.
	Maker :- William Bateman II

Condition :-Excellent. Everything is crisp and clean with a very good patina. All the hallmarks are extremely sharp
Hallmarked :- London 1831
Size :- 8.5 in (21.6 cm) diameter
Weight :- 34 ozt (1057.5 g)

These are a pair of really excellent salvers. It is believed that they were made in London in 1831 by William Bateman II for an important French family and were eventually taken to France which is why they were stamped with the French duty mark. William Bateman II was the great-grandson of Hester Bateman and the grandson of Jonathan and Ann Bateman. He was apprenticed to his father, William Bateman I, on 1st February, 1815 and was free by service on the 4th of December, 1822. He was the last of the Bateman dynasty to work as a silversmith and the silver objects he produced still retained the elegance and high quality for which Hester Bateman was so famous.

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