Paire de petits pots-à-oille couverts en argent par Charles-Louis Gourdin-Delorme, Paris, 1786-1787

les anses à attaches feuillagées, les corps et couvercles gravés d'un cimier, les couvercles surmontés d'une prise en forme de Bacchus enfant

the reeded handles with foliate junctions, the body and cover engraved with a crest, the cover surmounted by a Bacchic figure

Pour une paire de petits pots-à-oille par Jacques Famechon, Paris, 1789, avec des prises identiques, voir Sotheby's Monaco, 19 juin 1995, n° 868.

There are fine surface scratches and very light surface pitting, there is a bruise to the rim of one cover, this is mainly visible to the inner rim and has caused it to be slightly out of shape. The marks are clear underneath the bases, some are partly lost in manufacture and/or have wear underneath the covers.
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