
Salver with arms of Judith Jodrell
John Swift
An item at Metropolitan Museum of Art
The coat of arms on this salver, engraved in an exuberant rococo cartouche, is the sole decoration on the otherwise plain surface. The salver, used to hold a tea service, was commissioned as a memento by Judith Jodrell, who bought it using money bequeathed to her by two close friends. The monogram and inscriptions on the reverse commemorate these attachments.
European Sculpture and Decorative Arts
An exhibit at Metropolitan Museum of Art
The fifty thousand objects in the Museum's comprehensive and historically important collection of European sculpture and decorative arts reflect the development of a number of art forms in Western European countries from the early fifteenth through the early twentieth century. The holdings include sculpture in many sizes and media, woodwork and furniture, ceramics and glass, metalwork and jewelry, horological and mathematical instruments, and tapestries and textiles. Ceramics made in Asia for export to European markets and sculpture and decorative arts produced in Latin America during this period are also included among these works.