Silver (950) WINE CUP.
Silver (950) WINE CUP.
ROUEN, Mathieu-Pierre LAMOUREUX (admitted as a master in 1769) 1777 (letter-date S). A plain, hollow-bodied cup edged with a narrow band and featuring a cut-out thumb rest in the shape of a ring, engraved with a seated violinist in profile, foliage, and quatrefoils, along with the inscription: “VIVE LA JOYE.” Engraved on the body: “M. A[...]ne Lepretre.”
Width 11.4 cm; Weight 82 g.
A silver (950) TABLE FORK is included.
Probably BERGUES, circa 1760 (date letter D). Single-plate design engraved on the spatula with the initials IFI (?). Wear on the tines and the engraving.
Length 17.7 cm; Weight 48 g.
Expert: Sophie Vergne
Silver (950) WINE CUP.
ROUEN, Mathieu-Pierre LAMOUREUX (admitted as a master in 1769) 1777 (letter-date S). A plain, hollow-bodied cup edged with a narrow band and featuring a cut-out thumb rest in the shape of a ring, engraved with a seated violinist in profile, foliage, and quatrefoils, along with the inscription: “VIVE LA JOYE.” Engraved on the body: “M. A[...]ne Lepretre.”
Width 11.4 cm; Weight 82 g.
A silver (950) TABLE FORK is included.
Probably BERGUES, circa 1760 (date letter D). Single-plate design engraved on the spatula with the initials IFI (?). Wear on the tines and the engraving.
Length 17.7 cm; Weight 48 g.
Expert: Sophie Vergne
