MORLAIX 1725–1733 Silver wedding cup resting on a plain circular...
MORLAIX 1725–1733
Silver wedding cup resting on a plain circular base, engraved around the rim with *A*M*AREV*, with cast handles featuring scrollwork and a dolphin’s head.
Master silversmith: François de SAINT AUBIN, admitted to the guild in 1693, died in 1730
Weight: 133 g - diameter at the handles: 10.6 cm - height: 5 cm
Reproduced in the book: “Les orfèvres de Haute Bretagne” – Les Cahiers du Patrimoine – p. 338, lot number 177.
A very similar piece appeared in the auction of Mr. Edouard Cochet on November 9, 2011, under lot number 63 (SVV Vincent Fraysse)
MORLAIX 1725–1733
Silver wedding cup resting on a plain circular base, engraved around the rim with *A*M*AREV*, with cast handles featuring scrollwork and a dolphin’s head.
Master silversmith: François de SAINT AUBIN, admitted to the guild in 1693, died in 1730
Weight: 133 g - diameter at the handles: 10.6 cm - height: 5 cm
Reproduced in the book: “Les orfèvres de Haute Bretagne” – Les Cahiers du Patrimoine – p. 338, lot number 177.
A very similar piece appeared in the auction of Mr. Edouard Cochet on November 9, 2011, under lot number 63 (SVV Vincent Fraysse)