Dish ring, 1777, Irish, Silver, Overall (confirmed): 3 7/8 × 8 1/8 × 8 1/8 in. (9.8 × 20.6 × 20.6 cm), Metalwork-Silver, Unidentified Dublin maker W. H., This dish ring is a refined example of an emblematic Irish form. Such rings were used on the dining table as a base for a larger bowl or plate that was laden with beautifully arranged food; as a seventeenth-century writer explained “to make the feast look full and noble
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