A GEORGE III SILVER-GILT SIDEBOARD DISH

MARK OF WILLIAM PITTS, LONDON, 1809

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A GEORGE III SILVER-GILT SIDEBOARD DISH
MARK OF WILLIAM PITTS, LONDON, 1809
In the historicist Dutch floral style, scalloped circular with fluted broad rim, chased with varied flowers and centering a Tudor rose, engraved on reverse with a Royal Duke's badge, monogram IS beneath a Marquess's coronet, and a crest, marked on reverse
15½ in. (39.4 cm.) diameter; 51 oz. (1590 gr.)

Provenance

Wooley & Wallis, Salisbury, 25 July 2007, lot 852
With Alastair Dickenson, London

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Lot Essay

The crest is that of Canning. The Royal badge suggests that this dish could have been a Royal gift, and it is tempting to assume that the recipient was George Canning, Foreign Secretary and later Prime Minister. The coronet above the monogram IS is that of a Marquess, perhaps for John Stuart, 4th Marquess of Bute (1883-1947), a collector of antique silver.

A pair of William Pitts silver-gilt sideboard dishes of the same design, from 1809, sold Sotheby's, London, 7 June 1977, lot 71.

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