The gilded presentation dish was made at public expense in the workshops of Moscow. The Tyumen City Society presented it as a gift to Emperor Alexander III and Empress Maria Fedorovna on the coronation day, May 15, 1883.

The tradition of presenting gifts on a special presentation dish appeared in Russia in the 16th century, and from the middle of the 19th century, the custom of giving bread and salt on a dish became widespread. Such dishes were given not only to emperors and state officials but also to honorary guests on name days, anniversaries, or wedding ceremonies.

On the dish under the imperial monogram there is the two-part coat of arms of the city of Tyumen, approved in 1785. In the lower part of the coat of arms there is a float-bottomed boat on the river, and in the upper part — the coat of arms of the provincial town of Tobolsk in the form of a military armature (images on articles of clothing).

On the four sides of the dish there are the most important events in Tyumen history: the conquest of Chingi-Tura (Tyumen) by Yermak on August 1, 1580, laying of the first Orthodox city church on July 29, 1586, foundation of the first coat of arms of the city in 1635, visit of crown prince Alexander Nikolayevich to Tyumen on May 31, 1837.

After the revolution and up to 1940 this dish was in the State Hermitage Museum, and then after the museum exchange was transferred for storage to the Tyumen Museum of Local Lore.