Lot 199
  • 199

A LARGE SILVER-PLATED SAUCE BOAT WITH HUNTING MOTIVES, FROMENT-MEURICE AND CHRISTOFLE, PARIS, CIRCA 1860 | A large silver-plated sauce boat with hunting motives, Froment-Meurice and Christofle, Paris, circa 1860

Estimate
3,000 - 4,000 EUR
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Description

  • 34 cm long, 25 cm high, 13  3/8 in. long, 9   13/16 in. high
the oval stand resting on four feet shaped as a boar sitted within oak foliage, the body with two handles, each representing a deer within oak foliage, the stand signed Froment-Meurice, the sauce-boat foot stamped with Charles Christofle's mark

Condition

In overall good condition. The inside silver-plating slightly worn. The foot stamped FROMENT MEURICE, the sauce-boat foot rim stamped with Christofle marks. Impressive size, unusual decoration.
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