William Kerr Reid, London 1835
Shaped-oval bellied form with acanthus scroll border, handles and feet, with polished and stippled ground, both sides with engraved armorial and motto below 'IN DEO EST MIHI OMNIS FIDES', lift-off shaped-dome cover chased with a foliate band and centred with a removable acanthus loop handle, with Old Sheffield plate liner, length handle to handle 43.5cm, weight of silver 126.5oz.

Footnotes

Property of a lady

These are the arms associated with a member of the PALMER family, who married an heiress who arms are indicated on the escutcheon, unidentified. The arms were granted to the PALMER family of Howlets, Kent in 1586.

The holder of the arms circa 1900 was Frederick Freke PALMER (1862-1932) and in turn his parents were Henry Spencer PALMER (1838-1893) and Mary Jane Pearson WRIGHT (1847-1934), his grandparents John Freke PALMER (1794-1860) and Jane JAMES (1804-38) and his great-grandparents Samuel PALMER (born 1770) and Mary Antonia SPENCER (1766-1843).
It is expected that the owner of the arms is likely to be the eldest son of Samuel PALMER above, who would have reached maturity at the time of assay in 1835. The family were for some time living in India.

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