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A FRENCH SILVER-GILT SOUP TUREEN, COVER, and Liner, Marc-Augustin Lebrun, Paris, 1819-1838
Estimate
15,000 - 25,000 USD
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Description
- marked throughout with maker's mark and French guarantee marks
- Silver-gilt
- length over handles 19in.
- 48.2cm
the oval body with leaf-tip borders, engraved on both sides with arms and coronet within a ribbon-tied drapery mantle, the leaf-capped scroll handles springing from grapevine and terminating at rim in cornucopiaes of fruit and flowers, raised on a conforming oval pedestal base, the low domed cover with finial formed as basket of fruit centering a patera of grape leaves, flowers and wheat, removable liner
Provenance
Sotheby's, London, 9 November 1999, lot 115
Condition
good condition
In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective qualified opinion.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING CONDITION OF A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD "AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF SALE PRINTED IN THE CATALOGUE.
In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective qualified opinion.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING CONDITION OF A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD "AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF SALE PRINTED IN THE CATALOGUE.
Catalogue Note
The arms are those of Talleyrand of France for Charles-Maurice de Talleyrand Périgord (1754-1838), Prince Talleyrand and created Duke of Talleyrand in 1817. Quoted as having said, "Matrimony is such a beautiful institution that one should spend one's whole life contemplating it", he was Minister of Foreign Affairs to Napoleon, French Representative at the Congress of Vienna, 1815, and Ambassador to London. His London house was on the corner of Hanover Square and Brook Street, London W 1, where there is a plaque to his memory. The building is now occupied by the National Westminster Bank.