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Lot 67
  • 67

Coquetier en argent par Robert Mothé, Paris, 1722-1723

Estimate
5,000 - 8,000 EUR
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Description

  • Coquetier en argent par Robert Mothé, Paris, 1722-1723
  • Haut. 8,7 cm, 84 g ; 3 1/2 in, 2oz 14dwt
reposant sur un piédouche godronné, la coupe appliquée d'une frise de lambrequins alternant avec des joncs stylisés sur fond amati (étiquette PJB 144)

Provenance

Vente Beaussant-Lefèvre, 28 mai 1998, n° 193
Vente Martin, Brest, 4 juillet 2000, n° 151

Literature

pour un coquetier de même modèle par le même maître-orfèvre,  daté 1721-1722 mais gravé d'armoiries, voir Faith Dennis, Three centuries of French domestic silver, n° 255
Pour une paire de coquetiers du même orfèvre, voir
P. Fuhring, M. Bimbenet-Privat, A. Kugel, Orfèvrerie française, la collection Jourdan-Barry, J. Kugel, 2005, n° 106.

Condition

In overall good condition. Marks: inside the bowl: maker legible, jurande partly legible; on footrim, discharge very legible. Good weight.
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