Regency Old Sheffield Plate Meat Dome and Associated Platter

first quarter 19th century, Sheffield, the dome by Smith & Co., the platter by T. & J. Creswick, the dome with wide gadrooned band and radiant dome en suite, with addorsed acanthus scroll handle, engraved on the body with the arms of Auldjo impaling Rose, h. 11-3/4", l. 20-1/2", w. 14-3/8", the platter with gadrooned rim, hemispherical feet and well-and-tree plateau above a hot water reservoir, engraved on the rim with the arms of Bacon impaling Ford, l. 21-1/2", w. 16".


Notes: The arms on the dome are those of London merchant John Auldjo (1759-1837) and his wife Jane Irvine Rose (ca. 1776-1861) who were married on May 1, 1798 at St. Clement Danes, Westminster.