DATED 1844 ?? 

VERY ORNATE CLAM SHELL / OYSTER SHAPED ANTIQUE BUTLER CRUMB TRAY

ENTIRE MEASURES APPOX ~ 8 1/2" X 8 1/2" X 2"

MAKER MARKED OR DATED AT NEAR CENTER ( SEE ALL CLOSE-UP PICS ) 

SLIGHT BEND ON ONE OF TWO THE LOWER CORNERS WHICH SHOULD BE QUITE EASY TO BEND BACK INTO PLACE ..DID NOT NOTICE UNTIL CROPPING THE PICS OR WOULD HAVE DONE MYSELF / EXCELLENT OVERALL AS FOUND CONDITION  > SEE ALL PHOTOGRAPHS

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