Lot 72
  • 72

Coupe en agate mousse et argent émaillé par François-Désiré Froment-Meurice, Paris, datée 1853

Estimate
25,000 - 35,000 EUR
bidding is closed

Description

  • Coupe en agate mousse et argent émaillé par François-Désiré Froment-Meurice, Paris, datée 1853
  • silver and agate
  • Haut. 19,5 cm, 7 1/2 in high
reposant sur quatre pieds en forme de tortue et nénuphar soutenant une base carrée plaquée de malachite sur laquelle figure un Amour armé d'un trident serti d'une perle terrassant un dragon, adossé à un bouquet de feuilles d'eau et roseaux sertis de perles, signée sous un des pieds Froment-Meurice 1853

Condition

The cup in overall good condition, the malachite base slightly damaged
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Catalogue Note

Le modèle de l'Amour terrassant un dragon est également présent sur une coupe de style néo-gothique datée de 1849, offerte par le baron James de Rothschild en 1851, et illustrée dans Trésors d'argent, les Froment-Meurice, musée de la Vie Romantique, 2003, p.12.