Sideboard dish, Lewis Mettayer (British, active 1700, died 1740), 1717/18, British, London, Silver gilt, Overall (confirmed): 27

---

Sideboard dish, Lewis Mettayer (British, active 1700, died 1740), 1717/18, British, London, Silver gilt, Overall (confirmed): 27 x 27 in., 246 oz. dwt. ( x cm, ), Metalwork-Silver, Lewis Mettayer (British, active 1700, died 1740), This monumental dish would have been displayed on a sideboard with a matching ewer. The royal arms engraved in the center suggest that it was issued by the Jewel Office, most likely as a perquisite to the writer Joseph Addison, who served as Secretary of State

---

Size: 4560px × 4199px
Photo credit: © Artokoloro / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

Keywords: 1717/18, , 27, , 246, 1700, 1740, , active, addison, arms, british, center, cm, confirmed, died, dish, displayed, dwt, engraved, ewer, gilt, issued, jewel, joseph, lewis, london, matching, metalwork-silver, mettayer, monumental, office, oz, perquisite, royal, secretary, served, sideboard, silver, state, suggest, writer