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A RARE PAIR OF FIRST PERIOD OLD SHEFFIELD PLATE SILVER DISH WEDGES BY THOMAS LAW & CO., CIRCA 1785.

Of hollow triangular stepped form, the square ends finely engraved with a vacant laurel wreath cartouche. Illustrated in Gordon Croskey, Old Sheffield Plate A History of the 18th Century Plated Trade. Treffry Publishing 2011, reprinted 2013. Page 227, figure 174.

Dish wedges or Dish Raisers, were made from the mid 1780s for a period of about 20 years. They normally consist of two parallel triangular sections joined to form a wedge. Sold in pairs and designed to be placed under one edge of a large meat dish, eg venison dishes, so that the meat juices flowed to the other end for serving. They died out in the early 19th Century when the great majority of meat dishes wer made with drainage channels and gravy well.s.

Origin: English

Circa:1785

Height: 2 in. (5 cm.) | Width: 5.75 in. (15 cm.)

Availability: Sold

Stock Ref: ADG58

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