A pair of Louis XV gilt-copper pear-shaped wine jugs

Estimate

2,500 - 3,500 USD

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Description

H. 9 in.

each with the C Couronné poinçon, with a molded lip and acanthus double-scroll handle ending in a grape cluster, on a reeded circular foot. Minor dents and restorations, foot of one replaced

Catalogue Note

The "C Couronné poinçon", (Crowned C) was a tax mark struck on any alloy incorporating copper, produced or offered for re-sale between March 1745 and February 1749.