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Regent Antiques - antique sterling silver specialists At Regent Antiques we take silver very seriously and usually have a large inventory of inter…

Regent Antiques - antique sterling silver specialists

At Regent Antiques we take silver very seriously and usually have a large inventory of interesting and high quality items offered for sale and available to view in our North London showrooms where we have a highly knowledgeable team on hand to answer your questions and provide further information.

We offer sterling silver items from major celebrated silversmiths including Paul Storr and Hester Bateman, as well as many others such as W & G Sissons and William Hutton.

Visit us regularly to do your silver shopping

With so many of our our sterling silver and other silver items being collectors items and therefore in great demand, we really do recommend that you visit this category of our website regularly as these items have a tendency to come in to stock, quickly find a buyer, and then go straight out the door.

Often such items, once sold, can take considerable time for us to find replacements, if indeed we are able to find them at all. 

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We have recently introduced a new free of charge service whereby we can notify you when a new item is listed in any of your categories of interest. This is the ideal way of making sure that you are fully aware of what we have available and not missing out on that item you have been searching for and wouldn’t want to miss when it finally becomes available. 

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A diverse range with silverware for every taste and requirement

From cutlery to cocktail shakers, champagne coolers to teapots, and sugar bowls to candlesticks. we really do have antique silverware in stock to meet almost every requirement. It is likely of course that most items we supply will actually not be used, except perhaps for very special occasions, but will instead be placed in a position of pride in a display cabinet for all to see and admire. 

Whatever your plans, we want you to be confident that your newly acquired antique silver pieces are in the condition that you require. We therefore provide a very comprehensive range of photographs with every item and we urge you to study these carefully before adding anything to your shortlist or indeed making a purchase.

You will also notice that detailed dimension data is supplied with every product listing so please satisfy yourself that your new item is of the size you envisage.

Seeing silver in person - a highly recommended thing to do

Acquiring a piece of antique sterling silver often requires a significant investment and it is always preferable to see the items for yourself before deciding to buy or reject a piece. For this reason we invite you to visit our north London showrooms any weekday between 10am and 5pm where you will be able to inspect our complete range for yourself. 

The showrooms are very easy to find being just a few yards from the Manor House tube station which is on the Piccadilly Line. Numerous bus routes also stop close by and we do have some car parking available for visitors coming by car. Please see the homepage for details of our occasional Saturday openings.

Alternatively, if you are not in the UK or cannot make the trip, we do have a full online service. If you need additional information about an item or have questions that need answering, please contact us by telephone or email and discuss it with one of our team of experts.

Delivery service available for sterling silver - worldwide

Whether you live in the UK or outside of the UK, we are able to carefully pack and ship your purchases to you. We request that you please ask for a shipping quote for your selected silver items to your destination.

If you are resident in the mainland UK then shipping will be free of charge.

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Antique Pair Sterling Silver Salvers by John Carter 1772 18th C

Antique Pair Sterling Silver Salvers by John Carter 1772 18th C

  This is a wonderful pair of English 18th Century antique sterling silver salvers by the  renowned silversmith John Carter. They each have hallmarks for London 1772, the makers mark of John Carter and are typical of his work with the exquisitely detailed rims, ball and claw feet and the superb engraved decoration. They each bear a beautifully engraved coat of arms and the crest of the Terry Family, which I have researched:   The Arms of the Family of Terry The arms as engraved upon this Pair of George III English Sterling Silver Footed Salvers by John Carter hallmarked London 1872 are those of the family of Terry. They may be blazoned as follows:  Arms: Sable on two bars or three cross crosslets two and one (……?) and issuant from the bar in chief a demi-lion rampant Crest: A boar’s head erased and erect Motto: E cruce leo [From the cross a lion] The arms as engraved upon this pair of salvers certainly have characteristics with arms borne by another family and branch thereof named Terry who hailed from the County of Cork in Ireland. Notably the use of the three cross crosslets and the demilion rampant, but in a different placement upon the arms. The crest seen here is also at a variance with the other Terry arms where a demi-lion rampant is used. Upon an exhaustive examination of other sources, together with the present evidence, I believe that the family who had the salvers in their possession undoubtedly bore these arms without authority a fact that often occurred in the 18th and 19th Centuries and at other periods. Many families bore armorial bearings that they assumed and used for many generations in that they either consciously or unconsciously eschewed an approach to The College of Arms in England, the Ulster King of Arms in Ireland, or the Court of the Lord Lyon in Scotland to legitimatise such arms.   This superb pair of salvers will look superb in your silver collection.   Condition: In really excellent condition with clear hallmarks and no dings, dents or signs of repair. Please see photos for confirmation.    

Dimensions in cm:

Height 4 x Width 34 x Depth 34

Weight 83 troy oz

Dimensions in inches:

Height 2 inches x Width 1 foot, 1 inch x Depth 1 foot, 1 inch

Weight 2.58 kg

£5,250.00

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