A FRENCH SILVER-GILT AND ENAMEL TRAY
MARK OF CHRISTOFLE, PARIS, CIRCA 1890, ALSO WITH LATER EGYPTIAN CONTROL MARKS
Engraved in two-colour gilding with baskets of flowers, foliage and diaperwork panels on a speckled ground, centred by the initial I superimposed on crossed palm leaves below the Khedivial crown and repeated four times around the turquoise-enamelled border, the reverse signed in one corner Christofle & Co. à Paris
21½ in. long (54.5 cm.)
97 oz. (3054 gm.)
A FRENCH SILVER-GILT AND ENAMEL TRAY
MARK OF CHRISTOFLE, PARIS, CIRCA 1890, ALSO WITH LATER EGYPTIAN CONTROL MARKS
Engraved in two-colour gilding with baskets of flowers, foliage and diaperwork panels on a speckled ground, centred by the initial I superimposed on crossed palm leaves below the Khedivial crown and repeated four times around the turquoise-enamelled border, the reverse signed in one corner Christofle & Co. à Paris
21½ in. long (54.5 cm.)
97 oz. (3054 gm.)
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