Details
The dish rounded rectangular with gadrooned rim with shells and acanthus at intervals, engraved on both sides with a crest below a Baron's coronet, the domed cover with gadrooned border, the finial fully modeled as a Baron's coronet on a square tasseled cushion, engraved on both sides with a coat-of-arms with motto, crest, and supporters, marked throughout
1238 in. (31.4 cm.) long
73 oz. 18 dwt. (2,298.3 gr.)
Provenance
John George, 4th Baron Monson (1785-1809), thence by descent to,
John Rosebury, 10th Baron Monson (1907-1958), sold,
Sotheby's London, 19 April 1951, lot 129 (as a pair).
Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, London, 6 November 1997, lot 92 (the present dish and cover).
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Lot Essay

The arms and crest are those of Monson for John George, 4th Baron Monson (1785-1809).

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