Lot 224
  • 224

timbale en argent par Antoine Crespelle, Lille, 1723-25

Estimate
4,000 - 5,000 EUR
bidding is closed

Description

  • timbale en argent par Antoine Crespelle, Lille, 1723-25
  • silver
  • Haut 9.1cm, 140gr, 3 1/2in, 4oz 10dwt
gravées des initiales IIBC et du nom Théodore Delerue sous des rinceaux feuillagés

Condition

Normal little scratches and dents, marks pretty clear, generally good condition nice colour
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Catalogue Note

Une timbale identique par le même orfèvre et inscrite au même nom, quoique apparemment plus grande (11.5cm), est illustrée dans le livre de Nicole Cartier, Les Orfèvres de Lille, Louvain, vol. 2 no. 141. 

An Identical beaker by this master inscribed with the same owner's name but 11.5 cm high is illustrated by Nicole Cartier in Les Orfèvres de Lille, Louvain, vol. 2 no. 141.