A FRENCH SILVER JARDINIÈRE, A. AUCOC, PARIS, CIRCA 1900
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9,000 - 12,000 GBP
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A FRENCH SILVER JARDINIÈRE, A. AUCOC, PARIS, CIRCA 1900
oval, cast, chased and fitted with rocaille ornament, armorial-engraved shields on either side with the motto Dors je Vielle, sculptural leafy handles, spreading foot, silver-plated liner
52.5cm, 20½in wide overall
4711gr, 151oz excluding liner
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The coat-of-arms, are those of Barons Hulod (Hulot) of Nancy. A member of this family General Etienne Hulot (1774-1850) has his name engraved on the Arc de Triomphe in Paris. The fictitious Baron D’Hulot D’Ervy from Honoré de Balzac’s La Cousine Bette, is based on a number of real members of the family.