Each on oval stand raised on six paw feet, the conforming tureen with two foliage-capped scroll handles, the detachable cover with a fruiting finial above an openwork foliage and anthemion calyx, the tureen and stand each applied with sea creatures and grotesque masks, the cover engraved with gryphons and cornucopia with trailing foliage between, the stand, tureen and cover each applied twice with a coat-of-arms, the liner engraved with a coat-of-arms, each marked under stand on rim of stand, under tureen, on foot and rim of tureen, inside cover, on cover bezel and on finial, the stand, tureen, liner and cover each numbered 'No 1' and 'No 2', the stands further engraved with a scratchweight '24m 2o 7g' and '24m 5o 4g' respectively, each further marked with a later tax mark
384 oz. 4 dwt. (11,950 gr.)
The arms are those of the Saavedra family of Galicia.