formed of a tapering gutter-shaped main plate with recurved terminal, hinged inner plate, the borders reinforced at the joins with a pierced cusped panel, the upper portion pierced for a lining, each plate embossed with an elliptical moulding framed by two pairs of addorsed parrots, the outer plate decorated with a central foliate panel and a pair of addorsed Yali chiselled in the round at the wrist, and with traces of early silver plating (patinated), 34.0 cm

Provenance

Roy Elvis (1944-2022) catalogue number A03