Description
A Victorian silver two-handled tray,
by The Barnards, London 1862,
shaped oval form, moulded border, foliate capped scroll handles, the centre with engraved decoration, the centre engraved with an armorial and a monogram, on four bracket feet, length handle to handle 73.2cm, approx. weight 152oz.
The arms are those granted in 1842 to Jamsetjee Jejeebhoy, Justice of the Peace to the Presidency of Bombay. The grantee was a distinguished and benevolent Parsee merchant, Knighted in 1842 and made a baronet fifteen years later.
