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Lillian and Morrie A.Moss, Memphis, Tennessee.  Purchased from David Orgell, Inc., Beverly Hills, 1976.","historicalContext":"","briefDescription":"The oval, two-handled tray is on four couchant lion feet, with handles formed as gorgon masks and entwined serpents.  The border is chased with ovolo ornament, palmettes, and gadroons, and the center of the tray is engraved with a coat of arms.","bibliographicReferences":[{"reference":{"text":"","id":""},"details":"","free":"Schroder, Timothy. <u>The Gilbert collection of gold and silver</u>. Los Angeles (Los Angeles County Museum of Art) 1988, cat. no. 98, pp. 371-75. ISBN.0875871445"},{"reference":{"text":"","id":""},"details":"","free":"Moss, Morrie A.  <u>The Lillian and Morrie A. Moss Collection of Paul Storr Silver</u>. Miami: Roskin Book Productions, 1972, p. 114, pl. 53."},{"reference":{"text":"","id":""},"details":"","free":"Williams, Elizabeth A. <u>The Gilbert Collection at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art</u>.  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