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A coconut bowl
carved with a zoomorphic mask inset with glass eyes (one lacking), the centre with a crowned eagle raised on a thunderbolt above a monogramed plaque with the initials GB, within lambrequin, guilloche and flowerhed borders, the rim mounted in silver, incised with the inscription GAGE DE RICONNOISSANCE, with suspension loop, the interior bearing a paper label HODGSON BEQUEST 596, French, circa 1810 -- 6in. (15.3cm.) long
carved with a zoomorphic mask inset with glass eyes (one lacking), the centre with a crowned eagle raised on a thunderbolt above a monogramed plaque with the initials GB, within lambrequin, guilloche and flowerhed borders, the rim mounted in silver, incised with the inscription GAGE DE RICONNOISSANCE, with suspension loop, the interior bearing a paper label HODGSON BEQUEST 596, French, circa 1810 -- 6in. (15.3cm.) long