Description: Sterling silver dish embossed with Louis XIV style pattern to the interior of the dish.

History: Celebrate all of your meals in style with fashion-forward Towle sterling silver. Founded in 1690 in Massachusetts, the elite artisans at Towle Silversmiths are redefining the classics, handcrafting exquisite sterling silver with exceptional quality balanced with form and function. Choose from a variety of extraordinary styles—from sleek and sophisticated to classic designs—that coordinate impeccably with every interior design scheme. Each of them are stunning enough for entertaining yet perfectly practical for everyday use. Because different alloys of silver contain different percentages of pure silver, it is important to know which alloy was used to make a piece of jewelry. For several hundred years now, most major silver manufacturing countries use what are known as “fineness marks”, “hallmarks” or a combination of both. A fineness mark is a mark put on a piece of jewelry to indicate the percentage of pure silver it contains. There are two common types of fineness marks for silver – word marks and numerical marks. The numerical marks usually represent the number of parts of pure silver out of 1000 contained in a piece of silver. For example, Sterling silver is 92.5% silver or 925 out of 1000 parts silver. This simply means that by weight, the piece is 925 parts silver and 75 parts some other metal. Therefore the “shorthand” mark “925” is used to indicate that something is sterling silver.

Provenance: Helen & Dr. Roland Kohen, Miami, FL

Dimensions: Weight (Pounds & Ounces) = 0 | Height(in) = 1.5 | Width(in) = 6 | Depth(in) = 6

Size of Artwork(in): 1.5" x 6" x 6"

Artist Name: Towle

Medium: Sterling silver

Circa: Dated 1919

This dish is in very good condition with no dents or dings and minimal scratches.