oval, the body encrusted with flowers and foliage in high relief and painted with panels of courting couples in eighteenth century attire within gilt-scroll borders, the sides applied with scroll handles, the interior with gilt cartouche, the cover similarly decorated and surmounted by putti holding a floral garland, raised on four scroll feet, chips to flowers and foliage, overall minor chips, underglaze-blue crossed swords, 28,5cm high, 38cm wide over handles