Shaped oval tray for holding spoons.
A "Famille Rose" decorated piece from about 1758, which is 6¾ inches (17.2 cm.) long. The tray is painted with two cranes perched and flying among chrysanthemum, issuing from a pierced blue rockwork, among scattered flowers and foliage all within a brown line rim. Listed No. 46 in the Catalogue.
Photograph copyright Michael Booth