Lot no. 180
MARSEILLE 1777
A four-legged silver covered sugar bowl with a circular body, chased with a rocaille frieze of draperies on the top of the neck. The classical decoration features an engraving of foliate flowers in garlands on the lid, framing on the body two rocaille cartouches engraved with a coat of arms surmounted by a count's crown on one of the two cartouches. The attachments of the two handles end in strawberry leaves. The lid is topped with a frieze featuring two strawberries on a terrace of leaves.
Master silversmith: Charles Denis BELLON, received in 1759, died in 1781
PN. 467 g - H. 14 cm
Hallmarks: repoinçonné au crabe
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Tableware, goldsmithing
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