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Object Type: dish
Museum number: 1992,0614.24
Description: Dish; parcel-gilt; reeded rim; engraved with arms of Sir Christopher Harris of Radford near Plymouth, placed on upper rim and marks directly below on lower rim; arms in dimidiated form on dexter side; marked.
Producer name: Made by: TE
Production date: 1601
Production place: Made in: England
Findspot: Found/Acquired: Plymouth (Devon) (near); Found/Acquired: Brixton (Devon)
Materials: silver; gold
Technique: parcel-gilded; engraved
Dimensions: Diameter: 121 millimetres; Weight: 123 grammes
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Curator's comments: Found with 1992,0614.1-26
Bibliographic references: Thornton & Cowell 1996 / The 'Armada Service': A set of late Tudor dining silver
Location: On display (G46/dc7)
Exhibition history: Exhibited: 1994 15 Feb-15 May, Birmingham, Museum & Art Gallery, The Armada Service 1993-1994 16 Oct-6 Feb, Bristol, City Museum & Art Gallery, The Armada Service 1993 27 May-2 Oct, Plymouth, City Museum & Art Gallery, The Armada Service
Subjects: heraldry
Associated names: Emblem of: Sir Christopher Harris; Emblem of: Trecarrel; Emblem of: Sydenham
Acquisition name: Purchased through: Sir John Crichton-Stuart, 6th Marquess of Bute; Purchased from: Mount Stuart Charitable Trust
Funder name: With contribution from: National Heritage Memorial Fund
Acquisition date: 1992
Acquisition notes: Found in a potato store 1827.
Department: Britain, Europe and Prehistory
Registration number: 1992,0614.24
Conservation: Treatment: 30 Sep 2005; Treatment: 13 Jun 1994; Treatment: 07 May 1993; Treatment: 19 Feb 1993; Treatment: 30 Jun 1992; Treatment: 15 Oct 2003

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