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Chafing Dish

Anthony Nelme (English, free 1680, died 1722)

1701–02

Object PlaceLondon, England

Medium/TechniqueSilver

DimensionsH. 12.8 cm x 22.6 cm (5 1/16 x 8 7/8 in.); Weight: 1,757.7 gm (56oz 10 dwt)

Credit LineAnonymous gift in memory of Charlotte Beebe Wilbour (1833-1914)

Accession number39.20a-d

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ClassificationsSilver

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Europe

InscriptionsARMORIALS: engraved on cover of burner and on rim of body, the arms and crest of Grenville impaling Temple, possibly for Richard grenville of Wotton, co. buckinghamshire (d. 1719), who married Eleanor, daughter of Sir Peter Temple of Stanton Barry, co. Buckinhamshire.

ProvenanceTiffany & Co., New York, purchased by Theodora Wilbour, January 5, 1939, Anonymous Gift to the MFA in Memory of Charlotte Beebe Wilbour (1833-1914). (Accession Date: January 12, 1939)