Lot 193
  • 193

A Louis XVI silver ecuelle and stand, Jean-François Carron, Paris, 1782

Estimate
3,000 - 5,000 USD
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Description

  • Silver
  • length over handles 10 1/4 in.
  • 26cm
bold beaded rim, engraved with berried laurel sprigs and wreathes, lovebirds finial

Condition

good condition, heavy cast finial
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Catalogue Note

A similar ecuelle by Carron, 1781-83, is in the Wentworth Collection at the Metropolitan Museum, see Dennis No. 84, p. 86.