Silver dish, Warsaw, 1789 Rectangular shape with cut sides and fillet-molded contours. Engraved on the rim with the Leliwa and Korczak coats of arms (probably the Tarnowski and Branicki families). Master silversmith: Szymon Stanecki. Goldsmith's hallmarks (SS), city (siren 1789), title (12) and kingdom of Poland (eagle). 305 x 45.2 cm; weight: 1509 g A sauceboat of the same model and by the same silversmith is in the Warsaw Museum, n°MHW 17196. Srebrny pólmisek, cecha Szymona Staneckiego, Warszawa 1789.

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