Lot 216
  • 216

Four Provincial Louis XV silver wine tasters, Clermont-Ferrand, Trévoux, possibly Rouen, c. 1760-1770

Estimate
4,000 - 6,000 USD
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Description

  • Silver
  • lengths 5 to 3 3/4 in.
  • 12.6 to 9.5cm
comprising: one with flat handle engraved 'Je Brulle' below a flaming heart, the side engraved A. Cille, Clermont-Ferrand (Riom), c. 1760
one with snake handle, engraved P. Oudin, François-Luc Bouvier, Trévoux (Lyons), c. 1770
one with shaped handle, punched with grape clusters, engraved NL Bonet 1708, maker's mark DC (Beuque & Frapsauce 402) for a maker in Trévoux, c. 1770
and another with flat handle engraved as a shell, initialed PPL, maker's mark RE, possibly Rouen, c. 1770

Condition

the first deep, name changed; the third surprisingly heavy, the last with sharp "shell" engraving on handle, possiblylater, and handle re-set, otherwise good, the first charming
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