French silver chocolate pot - Paris 1735 pyriform body...
French silver chocolate pot - Paris 1735
pyriform body resting on three feet, beak-shaped spout attached to the body with foliate decoration, foliate volute thumb piece with turned wooden side handle. In the center of the hinged lid a small opening covered with a rotating knob for the original, carved wooden whisk. Fully hallmarked Paris 1735, fermier Hubert Louver (Ref. L. Carré page 33) and re-examined in Chartres in 1819-1838 (Ref. L. Carré pages 200-201). Diameter 10 cm, height 21.5 cm, width with handle 23 cm. Total weight 895 gr (840+55). Item condition grading: **** good.
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French silver chocolate pot - Paris 1735
pyriform body resting on three feet, beak-shaped spout attached to the body with foliate decoration, foliate volute thumb piece with turned wooden side handle. In the center of the hinged lid a small opening covered with a rotating knob for the original, carved wooden whisk. Fully hallmarked Paris 1735, fermier Hubert Louver (Ref. L. Carré page 33) and re-examined in Chartres in 1819-1838 (Ref. L. Carré pages 200-201). Diameter 10 cm, height 21.5 cm, width with handle 23 cm. Total weight 895 gr (840+55). Item condition grading: **** good.
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