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Dish

Adam, Robert (1728-92)
Carter, John

Dish, shaped oval with lobed edge; gadrooned rim and inner border of beading. Centre engraved with the arms of Sir Watkin Williams-Wynn impaling Grenville, within a circular wreath of husks.

This group of dishes is from a 160-piece service commissioned by Sir Watkin Williams-Wynn for his new house in St James’s Square, London. Many of the shapes were designed by Robert and James Adam, making it the largest and most important architect-designed service of the eighteenth century. The service has been dispersed but several pieces are now in the Museum’s collection. It was made up of sets of round and oval serving dishes, four tureens, twelve sauceboats, and four candelabra, as well as plates and salt cellars. It cost the then-massive sum of £2,408 18 shillings.

Dish
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Collection Area

Art

Item Number

NMW A 50659

Creation/Production

Adam, Robert
Carter, John
Date: 1773 –

Acquisition

Purchase - ass. of NACF, 14/4/1992
Purchased with support from The National Art Collections Fund and The Goldsmiths’ Company Charity

Measurements

Height (cm): 2.6
Length (cm): 28.1
Width (cm): 20.7
Height (in): 1
Length (in): 11
Width (in): 8
Weight (gr): 589.51

Techniques

raised
forming
Applied Art
cast
forming
Applied Art
engraved
decoration
Applied Art

Material

silver gilt

Location

In store

Categories

Arian/metel gwerthfawr | Silver/precious metal Metelwaith | Metalwork Celf Gymhwysol | Applied Art Published online (Applied Art)
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