Vintage Beatriz Ball Silver Horse & Hound Silver Equestrian Tray with Rope Trim

A fabulous discontinued Beatriz Ball equestrian tray featuring an extraordinarily detailed raised horse-and-hounds scene. Cast in gleaming silver-tone metal, the tray depicts a horse standing before a rustic fence with a gathering of hounds beneath, surrounded by deeply modeled woodland details. Twisted rope-style handles complete the sporting design.

This is quintessential Martingale East: part English sporting tradition, part polished country-house entertaining. Beautiful enough to leave displayed on a bar, library table or hunt-country sideboard, yet equally wonderful pressed into service for cocktails, hors d’oeuvres or collected objects.

CONDITION
Excellent vintage/pre-owned condition with beautiful overall presentation.

MAKER
Beatriz Ball

MATERIAL
Handcrafted polished aluminum alloy with the appearance of silver. Beatriz Ball describes its metalware as food-safe and easy-care. 

WHY WE LOVE THIS
The relief work is exceptional. Rather than simply incorporating an equestrian motif, the entire tray becomes a miniature sporting scene—the horse, clustered hounds, fencing and woodland rendered almost like a piece of repoussé silver. Add the discontinued Beatriz Ball pedigree and it feels far more collected than ordinary equestrian serveware. Exactly the sort of piece that belongs equally well at a hunt breakfast, polo tailgate or layered into a Ralph Lauren-inspired library.