TWO CONTINENTAL GILT-METAL AND ENAMEL TRAYS PROBABLY VIENNA, LATE 19TH CENTURY
Both oval, the first decorated to the center with a depiction of Amphirite and Poseidon surrounded by attendants, the border with panels representing the four seasons spaced by putti, scrolls, and grotesques on a gold ground, with two scrolled handles and raised on four paw feet headed by acanthus, the underside with a scene of ruins on the water, the second decorated on the border with depictions of the months of the year, named below, spaced by female term figures, the center decorated with naiads and dolphins in the ocean, raised on four winged paw feet, apparently unmarked
143⁄8 in. (56.5 cm.) long; 123⁄8 in. (31.4 cm.) long
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Both oval, the first decorated to the center with a depiction of Amphirite and Poseidon surrounded by attendants, the border with panels representing the four seasons spaced by putti, scrolls, and grotesques on a gold ground, with two scrolled handles and raised on four paw feet headed by acanthus, the underside with a scene of ruins on the water, the second decorated on the border with depictions of the months of the year, named below, spaced by female term figures, the center decorated with naiads and dolphins in the ocean, raised on four winged paw feet, apparently unmarked
143⁄8 in. (56.5 cm.) long; 123⁄8 in. (31.4 cm.) long