George III Silver Salts with Pierced Bodies and Feet

A pair of George III silver salts by D & R Hennell, London 1771,…
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A pair of George III silver salts by D & R Hennell, London 1771, with gadrooned overhanging rims and open pierced bodies with crested cartouche, raised on ball and claw feet, with original star cut blue glass liners, 191 grams silver only, 8.5 cm width.

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  • Gadrooning - A series of lobes usually as a border. In furniture gadrooning is found as carved decoration around the edges of table tops in the Chippendale and Jacobean style furniture. Gadrooning is also found as decoration on the rims of silver and ceramics.
  • Cartouche - An ornamental panel in the form of of a shield, oval or rectangular scroll with curling edges. It may be carved into the back of a chair or the top of a sideboard, or present on a piece of silver or jewellery, and contain the initials of the original owner, heraldic symbols, or some other inscription, such as the details of a presentation.

    In ceramics the term defines the central area of a vase or similar with a decorative border in one of the shapes above, into which a decorative scene or figures have been painted.
  • George Iii - George III (1738 - 1820) was King of Great Britain and Ireland from 1760 to 1820.

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