拍品專文
The crest is that of Canning. The Royal badge suggests that this dish could have been a Royal gift to 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, dated 1809, is illustrated by V. Brett, The Sotheby's Directory of Silver, 1600-1940, 1986, p. 259.
A pair of William Pitts silver-gilt sideboard dishes of the same design, dated 1809, is illustrated by V. Brett, The Sotheby's Directory of Silver, 1600-1940, 1986, p. 259.