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The practice was for all the dishes of one course to be laid out on the table at one time, arranged in a strictly symmetrical pattern. When each course was completed, the dishes were removed and replaced with the next course. The first course began with soup, generally served in tureens of an oval form.<br><br><b>Maker & Manufacture</b><br>Matthew Boulton (1728-1809) is renowned for the high quality of silver, Sheffield plate, ormolu (gilt bronze) and other metalwork produced at his Soho factory on the outskirts of Birmingham. The factory was begun in 1762, and Boulton ran his business in association with John Fothergill (died 1782). The firm's extensive and highly-profitable output of small articles, such as buttons and buckles in cut steel, and a wide range of domestic items in Sheffield plate, subsidised the costly production of more ambitious articles in silver and ormolu.<br><br><b>Design & Designing</b><br>Boulton employed the services of established designers, such as the architects Robert Adam (1728-1792), William Chambers (1723-1796) and James Wyatt (1746-1813). 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