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Tray

Tray

born 1719

John White

British

Rectangular with molded applied rim and incurved corners, raised on four scroll feet with shaped oblong pad terminals, the center engraved with an elaborate cartouche of foliate scrolls headed by a mask and shell with an architectural bracket below flanked by two seated lions and with an eagle with wings outstretched below, enclosing a later coat of arms.

Silver

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