Dinner Plate
Maker
William Grundy
CultureEnglish
Date1767-1768
MediumSilver
DimensionsOverall: 3/4 x 10 in. (1.9 x 25.4 cm)
InscribedHallmarks (struck on bottom of each plate): Black letter capital M (date letter for 1767-1768); Lion passant (sterling standard); Leopard head crowned (London assay); WG (maker's mark). Other marks: N 45 (number in the set of plates); H.K (unknown).
Credit LineGift of Walter P. Chrysler, Jr.
Object number78.90.2
Not on view
DescriptionThis round plate has undulating gadrooned edges spaced with fanlike decorations that are cast and applied. The plate is engraved on the rim with a coat of arms containing the motto Nec Sinit Esse Feros (Nor Does He Allow to Be Savage). The arms are unidentified. (Taken from the TREASURES FOR THE TABLE catalog, p. 58). It has five sides.Exhibition History"Treasures for the Table; Silver from the Chrysler Museum," 6/15-8/6/1989.
