"A gadroon rim above a pierced gallery leading to a foliate and scroll decorated body surrounding a plain central cartouche, raised upon four claw and ball feet" is a fairly elaborate way of describing "a tray".

Sometimes it had splayed feet when a gadroon edge had been asked for.

Gadroon, gad-rōōn′, n. one of a set of convex curves or arcs joined at their extremities to form a decorative pattern—in plate, &c.—adj.

His flatware is usually distinguished by a shell motif, and gadroon edges finish and decorate many of his pieces.