Lot Essay
A similar dish is exhibited in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.
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A mid Victorian malachite mounted gilt bronze dish
Of lobed hexagonal form, with a central circular malachite boss raised on chased pierced folaige, the borders with conforming mounts, with scroll feet to the angles, the underside inscribed C.ASPREY, 166 BOND ST. EXHIBITION 1851, CLASS 20, NO.50
9¾in. (24.7cm.) diameter
Of lobed hexagonal form, with a central circular malachite boss raised on chased pierced folaige, the borders with conforming mounts, with scroll feet to the angles, the underside inscribed C.ASPREY, 166 BOND ST. EXHIBITION 1851, CLASS 20, NO.50
9¾in. (24.7cm.) diameter