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William Pitts (Free November 1784, active c.1806)
Sideboard dish 1810-12
Silver gilt | 67.6 x 67.6 x 5.8 cm (whole object) | RCIN 51536
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A pair of large circular silver-gilt sideboard dishes, each cast with a scene of the gods feasting, surrounded by "garlands" of fish. The border is cast with male horned masks, recumbent river gods and bulrushes, with a Vitruvian scroll border and ovolo rim.
Provenance
The original order for the Grand Service included a pair of dishes of this model, although in 1811 it was noted 'one not done'. The first dish was supplied in 1811, at £308 2s and £96 for gilding. The second dish was delivered the following year. Dishes of this pattern are known in other collections. The 1811 invoice notes that the central subject was taken from 'a cast of Michael Angelo'. It is more likely that it is taken from a bronze relief attributed to Guglielmo della Porta, or possibly from an engraving in Montfaucon's 'L'Antiquité expliquée', printed in Paris in 1719 and London in 1721.
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Medium and techniques
Silver gilt
Measurements
67.6 x 67.6 x 5.8 cm (whole object)
