Dish Cross Dish Cross

This is a dish cross. It was made by William Plummer. It is dated 1776 and we acquired it in 1931. Its medium is silver. It is a part of the Product Design and Decorative Arts department.

This object was donated by Mrs. A. Murray Young.

Its dimensions are

H x W x D (closed): 10.3 × 27.6 × 9.6 cm (4 1/16 × 10 7/8 × 3 3/4 in.)

It has the following markings

On the underside of the dish cross burner: [1] "W•P", impressed (maker's mark) [2] Leopard's head with crown, impressed (town mark, London, 1478–1822) [3] "a" in a shield, impressed (date letter, 1776) [4] Lion passant, impressed (standard mark, England) On the exterior of dish cross arm (left): [1] "W•P" [inverted], impressed (maker's mark) [2] Lion passant, impressed (standard mark, England) On the exterior of dish cross arm (right): [1] "W•P", impressed (maker's mark) [2] Lion passant [inverted], impressed (standard mark, England)

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