Comprising a shaped circular deep dish, the border cast with scrolling foliage and shells, applied on rim with a coat-of-arms beneath a coronet and above a motto, marked on underside and stamped DURAND A PARIS, a small two-handled oval tray cast with stiff leaves border and applied with beaded border, the foliate handle centered by a ribbon-tied beaded medallion applied with the same coat-of-arms, marked on underside and stamped 355, and a plain circular bowl engraved with a cypher EA, marked on underside and stamped ODIOT A PARIS with workshop number 1681
17¹⁄₂ in. (44.5 cm.) diameter, the dish
97 oz. 20 dwt. (3048 gr.)

Baron Alphonse de Rothschild (1827-1905) and Baron Édouard de Rothschild (1868-1949).
By descent to the present owners.

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The arms are those of the Rothschild family possibly for Baron Alphonse de Rothschild (1827-1905) on the occasion of his marriage to Leonora de Rothschild (1837-1911). The cypher is probably that of Baron Édouard de Rothschild (1868-1949).