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Plate

1816 (hallmarked)
Artist/Maker
Storr, Paul (silversmiths)
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
Plate
Materials and techniques
Sterling silver, cast or die stamped.
Silver
Casting
Die Stamping
Brief description
Plate from the Norfolk service, 1816.
Physical description
Silver dinner plate from a set of thirteen from the Duke of Norfolk service. Each circular with gadrooned border with shells and foliage at intervals, the rim with scrolling border enclosing fishscale, diaperwork, and engraved on opposite sides with a Duke's armorials.
Dimensions
  • Diameter: 26.7cm
  • (average individual weight, approx.) weight: 800g
  • (total weight) weight: 10 329g
Credit line
The Rosalinde and Arthur Gilbert Collection on loan to the Victoria and Albert Museum, London
Object history
Provenance: Bernard Edward, 12th Duke of Norfolk (1765-1842). Christie's, New York, lot 271, 20/04/2001.
Production
Ex cat.
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 objects
Other numbers
  • SG 362 f - Arthur Gilbert Number
  • 2001.7 - The Gilbert Collection, Somerset House
  • SG 91
Collection
Metalwork Collection
Accession number
LOAN:GILBERT.807-2008

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Record createdJune 19, 2008
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O156834/plate-storr-paul/
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