DESCRIPTION: | Of this shallow rounded form used as a bread holder and the surface of the body finely engraved with elegant inscriptions within lobed cartouches surrounded by panels of floral arabesques above a broad register of interlaced strapwork enclosing cusped interlocking panels of floral motifs, arabesques and cloud-band, all on a finely cross-hatched ground, the lid with similar outer inscription band surrounding a broadband of similar cartouches, the interior with a central raised copper disc with stamped geometric and palmette motifs, tinning mostly lacking. |
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