An impressive sterling silver banquet tray, rectangular with…
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An impressive sterling silver banquet tray, rectangular with gadrooned rim, ornate shell and acanthus embellishments at the corners and two ornate scroll moulded handles. J.W Dobson, London 1904. For Stewart Dawson & Co. Wellington. Approx weight 4.5kgs. Width 74.5 cm
gadrooning. A series of lobes usually as a border. In furniture gadrooning is found as carved decoration around the edges of table tops in the Chippendale and Jacobean style furniture. Gadrooning is also found as decoration on the rims of silver and ceramics.
acanthus. A stylized leaf motif, one of the primary decorative elements of classical Greek and Roman architecture. Used as a decorative element in English, European and Australian furniture, particularly on the curve of a leg, and as decoration for a corbel.
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