This type of serving dish was popular in the Victorian era for holding boiled eggs.
The individual cups would hold the eggs upright with the revolving cover.
Mappin & Webb, a renowned English silversmith company.
Mappin & Webb: the maker, a well-respected firm with a long history of producing high-quality silver and silverplate.
London & Sheffield: the locations where Mappin & Webb had workshops.
W 7685: a pattern or design number, specific to this piece.
Gioielliere Pasqui: an Italian jeweler who sold the piece.
