Meat dish
John Bridge (1755 - 1834)
Category
Silver
Date
1823
Materials
Silver
Place of origin
London
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Attingham Park, Shropshire
NT 609275
Summary
Two silver oval meat dishes with gadrooned shell and foliage rim to plain central field. Engraved with the Hill, Noel, Harwood crests and the Royal crest encircled by the Garter motto. Made to match William Noel-Hill's Ambassadorial service by Paul Storr. Maker's mark for John Bridge, London, 1823.
Provenance
Presumed to be part of William Noel-Hill’s Ambassadorial service. William Noel-Hill, 3rd Baron Berwick (1773-1842) who had been in Italy as British Envoy and Ambassador to the Kingdom of Naples and the Two Sicilies. By descent bequeathed to the National Trust with the estate, house and contents of Attingham by Thomas Henry Noel-Hill, 8th Baron Berwick (1877-1947) on 15th May 1953.
Marks and inscriptions
Engraved with the Hill, Noel, Harwood crests and the Royal crest encircled by the Garter motto.
Makers and roles
John Bridge (1755 - 1834), maker