Quality Silver - Sensible Prices

We are offering for sale a huge and fabulous quality Georgian silver meat dish made by the premier silversmith Richard Sibley and retailed in London by Makepeace.

This large oval dish measures 22" in length by 16.5" wide and would be ideal for serving a large turkey or other roast or a luxuriant cold buffet. It has a shaped gadroon border in typical Regency style and just oozes the best quality with a heavy weight of just shy of 100 troy ounces. There is an interesting pair of engraved crests to one side and an armorial to the other. This silver meat dish is in excellent condition with crisp engraving and typical carving knife scratches to the central field.

The armorial to the border relates to the marriage in 1825 of Sir William Pilkington of Chevet, 8th Baronet (1775-1850) & Mary Swinnerton (1783-1854) of Butterton Hall in Staffordshire. To the opposite border is an engraved double crest in combination with the motto "Avauncez et Archez Bien" (translates to advance and shoot well).

Please view our specialist site for a further large selection of fine quality Victorian, Georgian and earlier silver.

MEASUREMENTS: 55cm x 42cm (21.8" x 16.5"); weight: 2935 grams (94.4 troy ounces).

MARKS: Full set of English hallmarks (guaranteeing Sterling 925 standard silver) for London 1828 by Richard Sibley.

CONDITION: Excellent condition with knife scratches from 200 years of meat carving.

Please do not hesitate to contact me with any further questions. Best wishes, Gary.

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Quality Silver - Sensible Prices