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<p>[QUOTE="moreotherstuff, post: 504747, member: 56"]In the same spirit, but at the other end of the price range (and a step farther removed from original function), are silver seal salvers:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]165024[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O7768/the-walpole-salver-salver-lamerie-paul-de/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O7768/the-walpole-salver-salver-lamerie-paul-de/" rel="nofollow">http://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O7768/the-walpole-salver-salver-lamerie-paul-de/</a></p><p><a href="http://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O7768/the-walpole-salver-salver-lamerie-paul-de/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O7768/the-walpole-salver-salver-lamerie-paul-de/" rel="nofollow"><br /></a></p><p>excerpt from the essay attached to a different seal salver offered by Christie’s in 2010:</p><p><i>Upon the death of the monarch, or the leaving of office, it was required by law that any seals of Royal authority be broken and defaced. After they were defaced the seals were made available for the last holder of high office as a perk of office. It became the custom by the 17th century for the recipient to commission the leading silversmiths of the day to turn the defaced seal into a piece of wrought plate incorporating an engraved version of the original seal.</i></p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.christies.com/lotfinder/Lot/an-important-george-i-silver-seal-salver-mark-5322475-details.aspx" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.christies.com/lotfinder/Lot/an-important-george-i-silver-seal-salver-mark-5322475-details.aspx" rel="nofollow">https://www.christies.com/lotfinder/Lot/an-important-george-i-silver-seal-salver-mark-5322475-details.aspx</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="moreotherstuff, post: 504747, member: 56"]In the same spirit, but at the other end of the price range (and a step farther removed from original function), are silver seal salvers: [ATTACH=full]165024[/ATTACH] [URL='http://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O7768/the-walpole-salver-salver-lamerie-paul-de/']http://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O7768/the-walpole-salver-salver-lamerie-paul-de/ [/URL] excerpt from the essay attached to a different seal salver offered by Christie’s in 2010: [I]Upon the death of the monarch, or the leaving of office, it was required by law that any seals of Royal authority be broken and defaced. After they were defaced the seals were made available for the last holder of high office as a perk of office. It became the custom by the 17th century for the recipient to commission the leading silversmiths of the day to turn the defaced seal into a piece of wrought plate incorporating an engraved version of the original seal.[/I] [URL]https://www.christies.com/lotfinder/Lot/an-important-george-i-silver-seal-salver-mark-5322475-details.aspx[/URL][/QUOTE]
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