拍品 100
  • 100

A silver Louis XV style ewer and large ecuelle, Tane, Mexico City, c. 1966

估價
5,000 - 7,000 USD
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描述

  • marked on bases, the ewer with 1966 presentation inscription
  • Silver
  • height of ewer 9 1/8 in.; length of ecuelle over handles 13 3/4 in.
  • 23.3, 35cm
the ewer with applied strapwork and rococo handle, after a Germain example in the Metropolitan Museum, the ecuelle with snake handles and finial, formerly identified as Germain

Condition

ecuelle surface has marks from being wrapped in plastic but will polish out, otherwise good condition, ewer heavy weight
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