gadroon

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Bronze bowls (gilt) with gadroon or lotus ornament (moulded) in later period.

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  1. noun Architecture A band of convex molding carved with ornamental beading or reeding.
  2. noun An ornamental band, used especially in silverwork, embellished with fluting, reeding, or another continuous pattern.

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  1. French godron, from Old French goderon, perhaps from godet, cup without base or handle, from Middle Dutch kodde, log, from Old Provençal got, cup, from Latin guttus, flask, from gutta, drop.
 

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