Object number
51/812
Collection
Description
This is a large, silver plated, domed dish cover used to cover meat and the like as it lay in a dish. It is decorated with incised leaves, elaborate handles and beading round the rim. Nothing is known of its origins.
Physical description
1 dish cover: metal, silver plated
Archival history
MERL 'Catalogue index' card – 'This is a large sized dish cover made of silver plate. It was used to cover up meat, etc. as it lay in a dish, such as 51/813L. This cover is elaborately decorated, with a tracery of leaves incised in the plate, an elaborate handle and beading round the rim. It is shaped like an oval dome, 14.75 inches wide, 18.25 inches long and about 9.5 inches to the top of the dome. It has a hall mark on the inside.', No Lavinia Smith No. recorded.
Production date
1800-01-01 - 1899-12-31
Production period
Nineteenth century
Object name
Material
Technique
Dimensions
- Length 464 mm
- Width 375 mm
- Height 241 mm
Associated subject
Associated person/institution
External document
- L:\MERL\Objects\JISC 2012\60 series negatives\60_14650.tif - High resolution image
