Meat Dish London – 1805

This splendid, very large George III meat dish is of oval form with a plain sunken oval central well which is unembellished. The border is engraved with the armorial and crest of George Hamilton-Gordon. Provenance: The Coat of Arms of George Hamilton-Gordon, 4th Earl of Aberdeen, who married in 1805 and was Prime Minister between 1852 – 1855. Given as a wedding present in 1805 from Haddo House, Aberdeenshire.