Lot 220
  • 220

Cuillère à olives en argent par Jean-Baptiste Richard, Aix-en-Provence, 1750-1756

Estimate
800 - 1,200 EUR
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Description

  • Cuillère à olives en argent par Jean-Baptiste Richard, Aix-en-Provence, 1750-1756
  • back of the handle initialled JG in a foliate-bound shield
  • 27.5 cm, 136 gr. ; 10 3/4 in long 4oz 8dwt
la spatule gravée des initiales JG dans un cartouche feuillagé



 

Condition

maker's mark struck twice and with possible Aix-en-Provence 1750-53 discharge, initial and cartouche may be only a little later, cartouche anyway circa 1780, generally in good condition, a very nice spoon
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