Old Sheffield Plate Dome with Silver Armorial & Handle for Robert Stephenson, Civil & Railway Engineer, Builder of the Rocket Locomotive.An Old Sheffield Plate meat dome of lobed form and silver plated meat dish. The dome with silver marital arms of Stephenson & Sanderson, for Robert Stephenson & Frances Sanderson. The silver handle in the form of the crest for Stephenson; a cubit arm with the hand holding a roll of paper. Robert Stephenson (1803 1859), was a renowned civil & mechanical engineer. Builder of the early locomotive Rocket in 1829. Robert also designed bridges; Royal Border