Up your dining decor potential with silver that looks like it could get up and dance. Imagery from Charles Heathcote Tatham’s 1806 work “Designs for ornamental plate, many of which have been executed in silver from original drawings.”

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Title page. Image 11 of Designs for ornamental plate, many of which have been executed in silver from original drawings. Charles Heathcote Tatham Architect; member of the Academy of Saint Luke at Rome, and of the Institute at Bologna, publisher. Printed in London in 1806 for Thomas Gardner, Cavendish Square by John Barfield, Printer to his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales. Collections of the Getty Research Institute. In the public domain due to age. via https://archive.org/details/gri_33125012243503/page/n10/mode/1up
The Cup: A Piece of Plate designed and executed for the Earl of Carlisle, in the year 1801 – weight 500 ounces. Charles Heathcote Tatham, invenit. G. Cooper, engraver (I think). Image 23 of Designs for ornamental plate, many of which have been executed in silver from original drawings. Charles Heathcote Tatham Architect; member of the Academy of Saint Luke at Rome, and of the Institute at Bologna, publisher. Printed in London in 1806 for Thomas Gardner, Cavendish Square by John Barfield, Printer to his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales. Collections of the Getty Research Institute. In the public domain due to age. via https://archive.org/details/gri_33125012243503/page/n20/mode/1up
A Waiter designed and executed in Silver and Gilt, for the Right Honourable Earl Camden, in the Year 1803: Section of the Waiter, 28 Inches Diameter. Charles Heathcote Tatham, invenit. G. Cooper, engraver (I think). Image 18 of Designs for ornamental plate, many of which have been executed in silver from original drawings. Charles Heathcote Tatham Architect; member of the Academy of Saint Luke at Rome, and of the Institute at Bologna, publisher. Printed in London in 1806 for Thomas Gardner, Cavendish Square by John Barfield, Printer to his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales. Collections of the Getty Research Institute. In the public domain due to age. via https://archive.org/details/gri_33125012243503/page/n18/mode/1up
A Lamp and Column designed and executed in the Year 1800, the base being two feet wide. Charles Heathcote Tatham, invenit. G. Cooper, engraver (I think). Image 28 of Designs for ornamental plate, many of which have been executed in silver from original drawings. Charles Heathcote Tatham Architect; member of the Academy of Saint Luke at Rome, and of the Institute at Bologna, publisher. Printed in London in 1806 for Thomas Gardner, Cavendish Square by John Barfield, Printer to his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales. Collections of the Getty Research Institute. In the public domain due to age. via https://archive.org/details/gri_33125012243503/page/n28/mode/1up
Designs for Lights to burn oil, after the manner of Italian Lamps. A is the Representation of the Lamp which was used by the Author, at Rome. Charles Heathcote Tatham, invenit. G. Cooper, engraver (I think). Image 32 of Designs for ornamental plate, many of which have been executed in silver from original drawings. Charles Heathcote Tatham Architect; member of the Academy of Saint Luke at Rome, and of the Institute at Bologna, publisher. Printed in London in 1806 for Thomas Gardner, Cavendish Square by John Barfield, Printer to his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales. Collections of the Getty Research Institute. In the public domain due to age. via https://archive.org/details/gri_33125012243503/page/n32/mode/1up
A Design for a Branch Light to be Executed in Silver: The End of the Base. Charles Heathcote Tatham, invenit. G. Cooper, engraver (I think). Image 56 of Designs for ornamental plate, many of which have been executed in silver from original drawings. Charles Heathcote Tatham Architect; member of the Academy of Saint Luke at Rome, and of the Institute at Bologna, publisher. Printed in London in 1806 for Thomas Gardner, Cavendish Square by John Barfield, Printer to his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales. Collections of the Getty Research Institute. In the public domain due to age. via https://archive.org/details/gri_33125012243503/page/n56/mode/1up
A Design for the Centre of a Table, Ornament for the proposed to be executed in Silver. Charles Heathcote Tatham, invenit. G. Cooper, engraver (I think). Image 71 of Designs for ornamental plate, many of which have been executed in silver from original drawings. Charles Heathcote Tatham Architect; member of the Academy of Saint Luke at Rome, and of the Institute at Bologna, publisher. Printed in London in 1806 for Thomas Gardner, Cavendish Square by John Barfield, Printer to his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales. Collections of the Getty Research Institute. In the public domain due to age. via https://archive.org/details/gri_33125012243503/page/14/mode/1up
The Component parts to a larger Scale of the preceding Plate. Charles Heathcote Tatham, invenit. G. Cooper, engraver (I think). Image 81 of Designs for ornamental plate, many of which have been executed in silver from original drawings. Charles Heathcote Tatham Architect; member of the Academy of Saint Luke at Rome, and of the Institute at Bologna, publisher. Printed in London in 1806 for Thomas Gardner, Cavendish Square by John Barfield, Printer to his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales. Collections of the Getty Research Institute. In the public domain due to age. via https://archive.org/details/gri_33125012243503/page/24/mode/1up
A Design for a Tureen proposed to be executed in Silver. Charles Heathcote Tatham, invenit. G. Cooper, engraver (I think). Image 85 of Designs for ornamental plate, many of which have been executed in silver from original drawings. Charles Heathcote Tatham Architect; member of the Academy of Saint Luke at Rome, and of the Institute at Bologna, publisher. Printed in London in 1806 for Thomas Gardner, Cavendish Square by John Barfield, Printer to his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales. Collections of the Getty Research Institute. In the public domain due to age. via https://archive.org/details/gri_33125012243503/page/28/mode/1up
Outlines of Etruscan Vases now in England. Charles Heathcote Tatham, invenit. G. Cooper, engraver (I think). Image 95 of Designs for ornamental plate, many of which have been executed in silver from original drawings. Charles Heathcote Tatham Architect; member of the Academy of Saint Luke at Rome, and of the Institute at Bologna, publisher. Printed in London in 1806 for Thomas Gardner, Cavendish Square by John Barfield, Printer to his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales. Collections of the Getty Research Institute. In the public domain due to age. via https://archive.org/details/gri_33125012243503/page/n94/mode/1up

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