Waiter
Edward Feline
1738/39
Medium
Silver
Dimensions
2.5 × 16.5 cm (1 × 6 1/2 in.)
Classification
silver
Department
Applied Arts of Europe
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
140006
Rights
Public Domain
About the Artist
Edward Feline
**Edward Feline (c. 1720–1753)** was an English silversmith active in London during the early Georgian period. Born the son of tailor Peter “Fellen” of St. Martin’s-in-the-Fields, he was apprenticed to the prominent Huguenot silversmith Augustine Courtauld on 31 March 1709 and gained his freedom in April 1721. He entered his first maker’s marks as a largeworker in September 1720, initially working...