These images are provided for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons License (BY-NC-ND). To license a high resolution version, please contact our image library who will discuss fees, terms and waivers.
Download this imageCreative commons explained - what it means, how you can use our's and other people's content.
Production: Chamberlain, Thomas
Pewter. Octagonal with an applied raised edge, slightly sloping rim, and an oval well with curved sides. The long side of one side of the rim is engraved with the unregistered arms of David Garrick (1717-79).
History note: Unknown before A.F. de Navarro
A.F. de Navarro Bequest
Height: 2 cm
Length: 31.2 cm
Width: 23 cm
Method of acquisition: Given (1933-10) by Navarro, Mary Anderson de, Madame Navarro, J. M. de
18th Century, third quarter#
George II
George III
Circa
1750
CE
-
1775
CE
This dish was part of a service which belonged to David Garrick (1717-79) the celebrated actor, and from 1747, manager of Drury Lane Theatre. If the engraved arms were were tinctured (coloured) the arms would be described as 'Per pale or and azure on the dexter compartment a tower gules and on the sinister on a mount vert a sea horse azure mane, fins and taile of the first, on a chief gold, three mullets of the second' (see Documentation, Burke).
Arms
Casting
: Pewter, cast and hammered, with applied rim, and engraved coat-of-arms
Hammering
Inscription present: in rectangular punch, the letters on the left and the lower part of the other letters illegible
Accession number: NAV.13.2-1933
Primary reference Number: 125198
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
This record can be cited in the Harvard Bibliographic style using the text below:
Mirador deep zoom
IIIF Manifest
The Fitzwilliam Museum (2024) "Dish" Web page available at: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/125198 Accessed: 2024-04-16 16:55:08
To cite this record on Wikipedia you can use this code snippet:
{{cite web|url=https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/125198
|title=Dish
|author=The Fitzwilliam Museum|accessdate=2024-04-16 16:55:08|publisher=The
University of Cambridge}}
To call these data via our API (remember this needs to be authenticated) you can use this code snippet:
https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/api/v1/objects/object-125198
To use this as a simple code embed, copy this string:
<div class="text-center">
<figure class="figure">
<img src="https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa30/NAV_13_2_1933_3_201407_jas244_mas.jpg"
alt="Dish"
class="img-fluid" />
<figcaption class="figure-caption text-info">Dish</figcaption>
</figure>
</div>
Updates about future exhibitions and displays, family activities, virtual events & news. You'll be the first to know...
