Cake Dish
VesselsBritish18th century

Cake Dish

1773 - 1774

Artists

Burrage DavenportArtist

Description

Oval on spreading gadrooned foot, pierced with rows of pales with circles between, applied with a beaded border, the swing handle pierced with fretwork, the center engraved with a crest of a bull’s head ducally gorged with rocaille below and flanked by two floral sprays.

Classification
Vessels
Medium
Silver
Culture
British
Period
George III (1760-1820)
Century
18th century
Division
European and American Art
Department
Department of Paintings, Sculpture & Decorative Arts

Dimensions

29.2 × 34.6 × 25.7 cm (11 1/2 × 13 5/8 × 10 1/8 in.) 793 g

Provenance

Anonymous gift, 1940

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