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A PAIR OF ENGLISH LEPIDOPTERICAL SHELL-SHAPED DISHES
CIRCA 1815
Each with scroll handle and moulded with feuille de choux, painted in colors within a gilt rim with butterflies and moths named on the underside in Latin (gilding worn on both, one with slight staining, a crack and chipped gilding at 1 o'clock, nick to the footrim)--8 5/8 in. (22 cm.) wide (2)
CIRCA 1815
Each with scroll handle and moulded with feuille de choux, painted in colors within a gilt rim with butterflies and moths named on the underside in Latin (gilding worn on both, one with slight staining, a crack and chipped gilding at 1 o'clock, nick to the footrim)--8 5/8 in. (22 cm.) wide (2)