WILLIAM PITTS (FREE NOVEMBER 1784, ACTIVE C.1806)
Sideboard dish
1810-12RCIN 51536
A pair of large circular silver-gilt sideboard dishes, each cast with a scene of the gods feasting, surrounded by "garlands" of fish. The border is cast with male horned masks, recumbent river gods and bulrushes, with a Vitruvian scroll border and ovolo rim.