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Waiters were often made with feet to protect the surface on which they were placed. These examples are hexagonal in form, on six ball-and-claw feet.<br><br><b>Subjects Depicted</b><br>The scrolling acanthus motif is characteristic of the Baroque decorative style, often used in a balanced, symmetrical arrangement. The scrolled foliage on the border is interwoven with figures of playful putti and dogs. The cherubs framing the armorial cartouche rest on scrolled foliate brackets, another feature of Baroque ornament.<br><br><b>Design & Designing</b><br>Printed volumes of ornament were widely available throughout Europe at this time, and were the primary source of decoration for silversmiths and engravers. Engravings were faithfully copied or adapted as necessary to suit the form. Elements were also extracted to provide an entirely new composition devised by the engraver. Here, the border is based on a frieze from a set of engravings entitled <i>Ornamenti di fregi e fogliami</i> by Stefano della Bella. The cherubs holding a wreath are taken from the title page of the set of engravings, <i>Diverses Figures a l'eau forte de petits  Amours</i>, by Abraham Bosse after the designs of the Italian painter and draughtsman Paolo Farinati.","physicalDescription":"Hexagonal silver-gilt dish with four cast ball and claw feet with border engraved after a design by Stefano Della Bella and the arms  after Simon Gribelin,  chased ornament after Jean le Pautre (1618-82).  The arms on a cartouche surrounded by foliations and  surmounted by two cherubs holding a wreath, the rim chased and embossed with boys playing with dogs, the lower part of the  bodies of each terminating in acanthus foliage; two dogs also appear amidst the foliage, the narrow border cast with palmettes.","artistMakerPerson":[{"name":{"text":"Pyne, Benjamin","id":"A8762"},"association":{"text":"maker","id":"AAT251917"},"note":"workshop of"}],"artistMakerOrganisations":[],"artistMakerPeople":[],"materials":[{"text":"silver","id":"AAT11029"},{"text":"gold","id":"AAT11021"}],"techniques":[{"text":"raising","id":"AAT237068"},{"text":"casting","id":"AAT53104"},{"text":"embossing","id":"AAT53826"},{"text":"chasing","id":"AAT54016"},{"text":"engraving (incising)","id":"AAT53829"}],"materialsAndTechniques":"Silver gilt, cast, embossed, chased and engraved","categories":[{"text":"Metalwork","id":"THES48920"},{"text":"Household objects","id":"THES48939"}],"styles":[],"collectionCode":{"text":"MET","id":"THES48599"},"images":["2006AM1596","2006AV5599"],"imageResolution":"high","galleryLocations":[{"current":{"text":"54B (VA)","id":"THES49248"},"free":"","case":"CA11","shelf":"","box":"18"}],"partTypes":[[{"text":"Waiter","id":""}]],"contentWarnings":[{"apprise":"","note":""}],"placesOfOrigin":[{"place":{"text":"London","id":"x28980"},"association":{"text":"made","id":"x28654"},"note":""}],"productionDates":[{"date":{"text":"1698-1699","earliest":"1698-05-29","latest":"1699-05-28"},"association":{"text":"made","id":"x28654"},"note":""}],"associatedObjects":[{"object":{"text":"M.77-1947","id":"O80963"},"association":"Pair"}],"creditLine":"Acquired under the Bryan Bequest","dimensions":[{"dimension":"Height","value":"3.5","unit":"cm","qualifier":"","date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"part":"","note":""},{"dimension":"Width","value":"21.7","unit":"cm","qualifier":"","date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"part":"","note":""},{"dimension":"Depth","value":"25","unit":"cm","qualifier":"","date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"part":"","note":""}],"dimensionsNote":"Dimensions checked: Publication; 22/01/1999 by DW","marksAndInscriptions":[{"content":"London hallmarks for 1698 - 1699","inscriber":{"name":{"text":"","id":""},"association":{"text":"","id":""}},"date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"description":"","interpretation":"","language":"","medium":"","method":"","position":"","script":"","translation":"","transliteration":"","type":"","note":""},{"content":"Mark of Benjamin Pyne","inscriber":{"name":{"text":"","id":""},"association":{"text":"","id":""}},"date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"description":"","interpretation":"","language":"","medium":"","method":"","position":"","script":"","translation":"","transliteration":"","type":"","note":""},{"content":"Engraved with the arms of Sir William  Courtenay of Powderham Castle, Devon (1628-1702)","inscriber":{"name":{"text":"","id":""},"association":{"text":"","id":""}},"date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"description":"","interpretation":"","language":"","medium":"","method":"","position":"","script":"","translation":"","transliteration":"","type":"","note":""}],"objectHistory":"Made in the London workshop of Benjamin Pyne (died in 1732)\r\nEngraved with the arms of Sir William Courtenay of Powderham (1628-1702)","historicalContext":"","briefDescription":"Waiter, silver-gilt, London hallmarks for 1698-99, mark of Benjamin Pyne.","bibliographicReferences":[{"reference":{"text":"Turner, Eric, An Introduction to English Silver from 1660 (V&A Introductions to the Decorative Arts), London: Her Majesty's Stationery Office, 1985.","id":"AUTH402135"},"details":"p.11. ill.","free":""}],"production":"","productionType":{"text":"","id":""},"contentDescription":"","contentPlaces":[],"associatedPlaces":[],"contentPerson":[],"associatedPerson":[],"contentOrganisations":[],"associatedOrganisations":[],"contentPeople":[],"associatedPeople":[],"contentEvents":[],"associatedEvents":[],"contentOthers":[{"text":"claw and ball feet","id":"AAT40616"},{"text":"acanthus","id":"AAT164902"},{"text":"cherubs","id":"AAT250465"},{"text":"wreath","id":"x43129"},{"text":"boys","id":"AAT247598"},{"text":"dogs","id":"AAT24149"},{"text":"palmettes","id":"AAT9995"},{"text":"coats of arms","id":"AAT126352"}],"contentConcepts":[],"contentLiteraryRefs":[],"galleryLabels":[{"text":"British Galleries:\nThe engraver Simon Gribelin (1661-1733) used two older French designs as inspiration for the border and the cartouche. Such designs became fashionable in London after 1680. In 1700 Gribelin himself published similar designs.","date":{"text":"27/03/2003","earliest":"2003-03-27","latest":"2003-03-27"}}],"partNumbers":["M.77A-1947"],"accessionNumberNum":"77","accessionNumberPrefix":"M","accessionYear":1947,"otherNumbers":[],"copyNumber":"","aspects":["WHOLE"],"assets":["2019LV4949"],"recordModificationDate":"2025-04-25","recordCreationDate":"2003-03-27","availableToBook":false}}