The Ridoutt dish tactile object was commissioned in 2022 by Portsmouth Museum and Art Gallery to be part of the Silver City exhibition. The exhibition tells the story of the city through its silver treasures and one of the treasures is the Ridoutt dish.

To make the fine detail on the original dish accessible for touch it was decided to focus on a scaled-up replica of the ‘Temperance’ motif on the central boss. The original was laser scanned in the Guildhall and the data manipulated to generate a scaled master for subsequent casting in bronze-filled resin.

The text and braille labels are fabricated in painted etched zinc.