Lot 348
  • 348

A SMALL FRENCH SILVER EWER, CLAUDE-ALEXIS MOULINEAU, PARIS, 1734-1735 | A small French silver ewer, Claude-Alexis Moulineau, Paris, 1734-1735

Estimate
3,000 - 4,000 EUR
bidding is closed

Description

  • Haut. 20 cm, 555 g ; 7 3/4 in. high, 17oz 17dwt
engraved with initials MG under the spout

Condition

In overall good condition. Fully marked under the base and inside the cover. Discharge on the neck with later countermark. Maker's mark also legible on both moulded thread bands, handles and spout.
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Catalogue Note

A very similar ewer by the same maker, same date, is illustrated in Henry Nocq, Le Poinçon de Paris, 1928, vol. 3, p. 268, formerly in the collection of Hector Pétin. It might be the same piece.