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Meat Dish

1743-44 (hallmarked)
Artist/Maker
Sprimont, Nicholas (maker)
Place of origin
London (assayed)

Sir Arthur Gilbert and his wife Rosalinde formed one of the world's great decorative art collections, including silver, mosaics, enamelled portrait miniatures and gold boxes. Arthur Gilbert donated his extraordinary collection to Britain in 1996.


Object details

Object type
Meat dish
Materials and techniques
Raised, cast, moulded and engraved silver
Silver
Silver
Silver
Silver
Raising
Casting
Moulding
Engraving (Incising)
Brief description
Meat dish, silver, Nicholas Sprimont, 1743.
Physical description
Silver meat dish of shaped oval form with a reeded border modelled at intervals with shells, foliage and strapwork.
Dimensions
  • Length: 41cm
  • Width: 28.7cm
  • Weight: 1.257g
Scratch weight: No 11 42 = 10
Credit line
The Rosalinde and Arthur Gilbert Collection on loan to the Victoria and Albert Museum, London
Object history
Provenance
Acquired by Arthur Gilbert from S.J. Phillips Ltd, London, 1981.
Summary
Sir Arthur Gilbert and his wife Rosalinde formed one of the world's great decorative art collections, including silver, mosaics, enamelled portrait miniatures and gold boxes. Arthur Gilbert donated his extraordinary collection to Britain in 1996.
Associated object
LOAN:GILBERT.973-2008
Bibliographic reference
Schroder, Timothy. The Gilbert collection of gold and silver. Los Angeles (Los Angeles County Museum of Art) 1988, cat. no. 70, pp. 272-73. ISBN.0875871445
Other numbers
  • SG 125A - Arthur Gilbert Number
  • 1996.908 - The Gilbert Collection, Somerset House
  • MM 19 - Arthur Gilbert Number
Collection
Metalwork Collection
Accession number
LOAN:GILBERT.984-2008

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Record createdJune 19, 2008
Record URL
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