Dish Ring
ca. 1780 (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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Materials and techniques | Silver, pierced |
Brief description | Silver, Dublin, ca.1780, mark of Richard Williams |
Physical description | Circular, the side concave and pierced in twelve wavy bands. |
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Gallery label | DISH RING
Dublin, no date mark, around 1775
Mark of Richard Williams
Dish rings prevented hot dishes from marking the table. They were common in Ireland but the dish cross was more popular in England. The Earl of Carlisle ordered a dish ring and lamp from Parker and Wakelin in 1771 for £10 16s 9d.
William Acland Cockerell Bequest
M.42-1938 |
Credit line | William Acland Cockerell Bequest |
Object history | Bequest - William Acland Cacknell per the Misses Patience and Paulina Cacknell Acquisition RF: 38 / 935 |
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. |
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Accession number | M.42-1938 |
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Record created | September 10, 2004 |
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