Lot 115
  • 115

Sucrier couvert ovale en argent par Lorenzo Lavy, essayeur Bartolomeo Pagliani, contre-essayeur Giovani Battista Caron, Turin, vers 1760, gravé aux armes de Savoie

Estimate
2,500 - 3,500 EUR
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Description

  • Sucrier couvert ovale en argent par Lorenzo Lavy, essayeur Bartolomeo Pagliani, contre-essayeur Giovani Battista Caron, Turin, vers 1760, gravé aux armes de Savoie
  • silver
  • Long. 12 cm, 259,7 g ; 4 3/4 in long, 8oz 6dwt
reposant sur quatre pieds, le corps repoussé et ciselé de rinceaux et coquilles sur fond amati, le couvercle orné de motifs de vagues, la prise en fleur, gravé au-dessous de la base des armes de Savoie (rois de Piémont-Sardaigne)

Condition

In overall very good condition - cover apparently unmarked
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Catalogue Note

Lorenzo Lavy fit son apprentissage chez Andrea Boucheron à la cour royale de Turin et chez le célèbre Thomas Germain à Paris.