A FRENCH PARCEL-GILT SILVER FOOTED BOWL AND BASKET, FROMENT-MEURICE, PARIS, 19TH CENTURY
Property from a Washington D.C. Private Collection
A FRENCH PARCEL-GILT SILVER FOOTED BOWL AND BASKET, FROMENT-MEURICE, PARIS, 19TH CENTURY
both in conforming Rococo taste centring the crowned cypher 'EME', the basket with finely modelled and chased birds perched on its handle, struck with maker's mark
(2)
length of basket 38.1cm, 15in.
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Condition Report:
Both in good condition overall.
With minor surface scratching and tarnish, consistent with age and use. With wear to gilding.
The cast exterior designs rubbed.
The larger bowl with a small area of soldering, approx. 1.5cm wide, on the underside of the bowl.
Provenance:
Acquired by Edward C. Finch in Russia (then the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic) in 1927
Thence by descent
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Property from a Washington D.C. Private Collection
A FRENCH PARCEL-GILT SILVER FOOTED BOWL AND BASKET, FROMENT-MEURICE, PARIS, 19TH CENTURY
both in conforming Rococo taste centring the crowned cypher 'EME', the basket with finely modelled and chased birds perched on its handle, struck with maker's mark
(2)
length of basket 38.1cm, 15in.
Please note: Condition 11 of the Conditions of Business for Buyers (Online Only) is not applicable to this lot.
To view Shipping Calculator, please click here
Condition Report:
Both in good condition overall.
With minor surface scratching and tarnish, consistent with age and use. With wear to gilding.
The cast exterior designs rubbed.
The larger bowl with a small area of soldering, approx. 1.5cm wide, on the underside of the bowl.
Provenance:
Acquired by Edward C. Finch in Russia (then the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic) in 1927
Thence by descent