AN ITALIAN PARCEL-GILT SILVER PRESENTATION DISH

AN ITALIAN PARCEL-GILT SILVER PRESENTATION DISH
MARK OF LUIGI AND VINCENZO SCHEGGI, FLORENCE, 1818-1824
Circular, the border embossed and chased with foliate scrolls, herons, butterflies and snakes interspaced with six cartouches applied alternatively with bearded male mask and fox, the recess etched with Ottoman scrolls, the raised centre with three Greek mythological scenes of love interspaced with caryatids framed by emblems of water, the centre embossed with a mask of Aphrodite on a bed of coral, marked underneath and further engraved No 5' - 4' ?.' 50 z. (4 fund 50 zolotnik)
17 ¾ in. (45 cm.) diameter
59 oz. 8 dwt. (1,849 gr.)