Saturday, August 13, 2011
Let’s hit the high points first:
It is a large piece: 9 ½” wide at the blade and 9” long. When resting on the bird’s tail, it is 2” deep at the bird
Reed & Barton made it, and it is silverplate with chased flowers and a patterned surface inside the pan.
Then there’s the bird perched, but about to fly away, inside the round, tree-branch handle.