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Coat of Arms (The arms are Azure, a fess indented between three eagles displayed argent for Walter impaling, argent a fret sable for Vernon for Sir John Walter (c.

Sir Walter received Court approbation through his appointment on 18 February 1711 as clerk comptroller of the Green Cloth with a salary of £500, a post to which, with its duties of keeping table at court, he was eminently suited. The Walter family crest A lion's gamb erased argent is engraved on the lower rime of the detachable lid. of Sir Thomas Vernon, of Derbyshire and Shropshire With scratch weight 25=5 (The coat of arms represents Walter for Sir John Walter of Sarsden, Oxfordshire Azure a fess indented between three eagles displayed argent impaling Vernon Argent fretty sable for his second wife m. The fountain is surmounted by a fleur-de-lis finial.ĭomina sua clementissima Johannes Walter Baronettus Cleric: Comptrorotulat.r Hospitij Munificentia Regiamemor, Anno Pacis restituta, MDCCXIII Grati animi, et latitia Ergo Ut cantharus et lanx sc sibi oftendat dum Optima Principi Salutem et fausta omnia quotidiae precatur' The highly waisted section between the lower and upper domes is highly polished, and the dome is covered in a chased calyx of laurel leaves.

The double-domed lid is decorated with cut-card scroll-work punctuated by vertebrate sections. The vase is surmounted by a gadrooned border. The bulbous rim of the urn is decorated with the strapwork, scrolls, rosettes and shell-motifs on a punched matt ground (similar to the decoration on the bowl and stand). A pair of handles hangs from scroll mounts on either side of the fountain. An applied cartouche on the back contains an inscription whereas the front cartouche contains a coat of arms within an ornately chased rococo cartouche. The central section of the vase is highly polished and punctuated by two applied oval egg-and-dart edged cartouches surmounted by a calyx of acanthus leaves. The spout terminates in a dragon's head and the lever is of cast scroll design. The bowl of the fountain is decorated with similar strapwork, scrolls, rosettes and shell-motifs on a punched matt ground. The waisted socle repeats the gadrooning and a simpler form of strap work a central band is decorated with rosettes. The circular stand with a gadrooned edge has scrolling strapwork with rosettes and shell motifs, on a punched matted ground and a second row of gadrooning. Rising from a large stepped circular foot this silver two handled wine fountain of vase-shaped form is surmounted by a multi-domed and waisted lid.

Arthur Gilbert donated his extraordinary collection to Britain in 1996. Sir Arthur Gilbert and his wife Rosalinde formed one of the world's great decorative art collections, including silver, mosaics, enamelled portrait miniatures and gold boxes. They promoted new forms, such as the soup tureen and sauce boat, and introduced a new repertoire of ornament, with cast sculptural details and exquisite engraving. Huguenot specialists transformed English silver by introducing higher standards of craftsmanship. Their technical skills and fashionable French style ensured the luxury silver, furniture, watches and jewellery they made were highly sought after. Many were craftsmen who settled in London. When the Catholic King Louis XIV revoked the Edict of Nantes in 1685, Huguenots (French Protestants) were forced to leave the country. The maker, Pierre Platel, was a prestigious Huguenot goldsmith to whom Paul de Lamerie, later the most successful smith in London, was apprenticed. It was used to rinse wine glasses before they were refilled to guests at the dining table. This wine fountain would have been prominently displayed on a sideboard.