Lot 124
  • 124

Cafetière marabout à côtes torses en argent, Paris, 1750-1756

Estimate
2,500 - 3,500 EUR
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Description

  • Cafetière marabout à côtes torses en argent, Paris, 1750-1756
  • Silver
  • Haut. 23 cm, 818 g ; 9 in, 26oz 5dwt
gravée d'armoiies timbrées d'un heaume

Condition

In overall good condition. Handle possibly later. Marks: discharge on neck, legible, charge under the base difficult to read, trace of another mark. Cover: charge difficult to read.
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Catalogue Note

Les armoiries sont celles de Louis-Léon Pajot, comte d'Ons en Bray, dont il existe un portrait par Oudry au cabinet des estampes du musée du Louvre. Receveur général des postes, il fut le principal associé de la société Pajot et Rouillé, membre de l'Académie des Sciences. Sa collection d'instruments fut léguée à cetet académie et ensuite distribuée entre le conservatoire des Arts et Métiers, l'Observatoire de Paris et le muséum d'Histoire Naturelle.