Round plate-like tray with shallow well. Molded and gadrooned border. Applied molded and stepped base with gadrooning.
salvers
gadrooning
molding (forming)
pewter (tin alloy)
tin (metal)
Pewter
Molded
Gadrooned
SALVER
Stamped on bottom:(within a shield) ""A JOIR/(Key)/LIEG/R. des MIM (?)""
Original to Hamilton House (South Berwick, Me.),
Joir, A. (Maker)
France; Germany
3 (H), 11.5 (diameter) (inches)
Bequest of Elizabeth R. Vaughan
1949.325
Possibly
Possibly
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