early 19th century, rounded rectangular gadroon borders, lids with shell corners, ivory bun feet, scroll handles with ivory insulator, base with removable well and heater, lid with heraldic device on each side, unmarked, 7-1/2 x 13 in.

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Provenance: Private Bluffton, South Carolina Collection

wear to decoration, loss to plate, ivory with cracks and some losses