Salver — 18th century (?)

the circular dish has cusped edges, flat base covered with finely chased decoration of two sinuous dragons encircling a central flame-like motif, with some details gilt, and on a tooled ground. The cavetto is filled with deep oval depressions. The rim is decorated with alternating roundels, each containing a horse, and cartouches containing blossoming branches and either birds (including cranes) or butterflies. All these motifs are worked in repousse.