The cabinet's cornice displays a medallion of Hygiaia, framed by paterae festooned with festive ribbon-tied husks, beneath a triumphal-arched crest. The Greek Goddess of Health, is portrayed standing beside a ewer and holding out a patera or water-bowl to feed the serpent, the emblem associated with Asklepios, her companion-god of Good Health. More paterae are inlaid on the stand's frieze, columnar legs and stretcher. The ribbon-tied husk swags framing paterae, the use of engraved ovals and such idiosyndratic features as inlay on and around the corners are synonymous with the credited oeuvre of Mayhew and Ince