Dish Ring
1773-1774 (made)
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This dish ring protected the surface of a wooden dinner table or sideboard from the heat of a plate of hot food. Dish rings took the form of a hollow, cylindrical or spool-shaped ring. In early examples the top and bottom rims of the spool-shaped sides were of equal diameter. In later examples the top was narrower than the base.
Dish rings became a speciality of Dublin silversmiths from about 1750, and the finest examples have the type of pierced decoration you can see here.
Dish rings became a speciality of Dublin silversmiths from about 1750, and the finest examples have the type of pierced decoration you can see here.
Object details
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| Object type | |
| Materials and techniques | Silver, pierced |
| Brief description | Silver, Dublin marks for 1773-4, mark of Richard Williams |
| Physical description | Circular with concave wall, the side pierced fretwork in medallions of foliage. |
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| Credit line | Bequeathed by William Acland Cockerell |
| Object history | No Reg Des details from label Bequest - William Acland Cockerell, Esq. Acquisition RF: No Reg Des |
| Summary | This dish ring protected the surface of a wooden dinner table or sideboard from the heat of a plate of hot food. Dish rings took the form of a hollow, cylindrical or spool-shaped ring. In early examples the top and bottom rims of the spool-shaped sides were of equal diameter. In later examples the top was narrower than the base. Dish rings became a speciality of Dublin silversmiths from about 1750, and the finest examples have the type of pierced decoration you can see here. |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | M.41-1938 |
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| Record created | September 10, 2004 |
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