Dish rings were in use between about 1750 and 1800, and were designed to protect the table or sideboard surface from damage from a hot dish. They are usually about were mosty made in silver, and to a lesser extent Sheffield plate, of circular in shape with pierced, embossed and chased decoration to the in-curved side, the piercing also allowing the heat to escape. They are also known as potato rings, probably in deference to their supposed Irish origins. Manufacture of dish rings was revived in the late 19th century for several decades.
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