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made of silver, rectangular in shape, with a border decorated with fillets. The interior features rich engraved decoration, with a figure of Ceres at the centre set within an opulent rocaille cartouche, and around the edge a frame of grotesque friezes linked by rocaille-shaped spandrel cartouches and adorned with medallion portraits of ancient deities in profile.
Apocryphal hallmarks for London 1720 and the silversmith Paul de Lamerie.
On an attached base.

Height: 5.2 cm – Width: 49.3 cm – Depth: 36 cm
Weight: 2,600 g.

(signs of wear and scratches, sold as is)