Caption

Tray on legs by William Bennet fl. 1796–1825, goldsmith. Tray on four legs in the form of stylised lotus flowers, rectangular with rounded edges, with a mirror, decorated with an engraved representation of a swan drawing heavily worn, with a raised profiled collar and an edge decorated with a godron ribbon. English Regency style, godron ornaments, swans iconography. Dated 1811/1812, London, England. Tray; height 3.3 cm, width 26.6 cm, depth 20.4 cm, weight 758 g., A rectangular metallic tray with rounded corners and a patterned raised rim sits on small ornate feet; the tray is primarily silver with reflective highlights and subtle darker gray areas from shadows and surface texture, and it shows a lightly brushed surface with faint scratches and a small decorative embossed motif near the center; the rim has a twisted rope-like detail and concentric raised bands, and the feet have fluted designs with rounded tips.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26A08_204

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Rights managed

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66.2Mb (1.3Mb) / 20.0in x 12.8in / 6000 x 3854 (300dpi)

Keywords

Tray legs William Bennet fl 1796–1825 goldsmith four legs form stylised lotus flowers rectangular rounded edges mirror decorated engraved representation swan drawing heavily worn raised profiled collar edge decorated godron ribbon English Regency style godron ornaments swans iconography Dated 1811 1812 London England height 3.3 cm width 26.6 cm depth 20.4 cm weight 758 g rectangular metallic tray rounded corners patterned raised rim sits small ornate feet tray primarily silver reflective highlights subtle darker gray areas shadows surface texture lightly brushed surface faint scratches small decorative embossed motif near center rim twisted rope- detail concentric bands feet fluted designs rounded tips.