Platter

hallmarked silver (Berlin hallmark—a bear standing on two paws with the letter K, the date letter A in a circle, the goldsmith’s surname Ko… not fully stamped); height 24.5 cm; width 30 cm; depth 15 cm; weight 537 g.
Berlin, 1830s–1840s (before 1842)
A platter resting on a square base with volute feet, decorated with relief motifs of acanthus leaves, shells, flowers, and a latticework pattern with rosettes, with a shaft formed by four figurines of Pegasus, whose wings support a rectangular bowl, which is fluted at the bottom and features an upturned rim edged with a gadrooned band decorated with acanthus leaves at the corners; on the longer axis, there are two S-shaped acanthus handles.