Wide oval form, with dished rim terminating in molded beaded edge. Flat bottom with thinly executed machine-etched decoration featuring a Greek key border band enclosing a stylized s-scroll border band. Each end with applied handle: cartouche shape with beaded edge, scrolling to leafy terminus and supported by two leafy s-scrolls. Impressed on handle: 1798 G 24.
trays
brass (alloy)
plating (metal coating)
silver (metal)
Tray, Serving
Brass
Silver
Plated
Tray, Serving
1798 G24 (impressed)
Original to Roseland Cottage (Woodstock, Conn.),
Unknown
28.375 x 18.125 (HxW) (inches)
Gift of Margaret Carson Holt
1970.727
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