A VICTORIAN SILVER TWO HANDLED TRAY, maker's mark of Stephen Smith, London, 1865, oval, the center engraved with coat of arms, helm, crest and motto, within foliate mantling, the field engraved with four spread eagles flanked by coiling foliage and blossoms issuing husk and floral festoons below, the broad cast border openwork with five panels of panther flanked urn enclosed by coiling fruited grapevine, divided by Medussa mask medallions, with ribbon wound berried laurel rim, and two partly reeded and foliate wrapped loop handles--marked on far field and border--length over handles 31in. (78cm.), 186.5oz.

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A VICTORIAN SILVER TWO HANDLED TRAY, maker's mark of Stephen Smith, London, 1865, oval, the center engraved with coat of arms, helm, crest and motto, within foliate mantling, the field engraved with four spread eagles flanked by coiling foliage and blossoms issuing husk and floral festoons below, the broad cast border openwork with five panels of panther flanked urn enclosed by coiling fruited grapevine, divided by Medussa mask medallions, with ribbon wound berried laurel rim, and two partly reeded and foliate wrapped loop handles--marked on far field and border--length over handles 31in. (78cm.), 186.5oz.
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