Large Silverplate Well-And-Tree Meat Serving Dish With Covered Dome

Lot description

Silverplate meat dish with later covered dome, comprising dome with scrolled handle and gadrooned trim, over scalloped well-and-tree meat platter, platter engraved with Scottish Morrison Family Crest and armorial Latin inscription "pratto prudentia prestat (prudence pays off)," fitted on hot water reservoir, with dual side handles, rising on scrolled feet, some minor plate loss at gadrooned edge and surface wear at platter well, overall: approx 15"h, 24.5"w, 17"d, 24.25lbs Provenance: Purchased in the 1960's/1970's from the London Silver Vaults