18TH CENTURY, VARIOUS MAKERS
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SIX FRENCH SILVER WINE TASTERS, TWO TUMBLER CUPS, AND A BEAKER
18th century, various makers
The wine tasters of typical form, five with snake handles, one with strap handle, three chased with grapes and three fluted, each marked; the tumbler cups flaring circular, chased at the rim with foliage, the first example Troyes, 1766, the second Orleans, 1766, each marked; the beaker bell-form, applied with cattails and grapes on molded circular foot, Paris, 1788, marked; together with a French silver medical instrument, 1809-1819 and a modern wine taster, each marked
The tumbler cups 2in. (6.2cm.) tall; the beaker 4in. (11.6cm.) tall; 31oz. 10dwt. (983gr.) (11)
18th century, various makers
The wine tasters of typical form, five with snake handles, one with strap handle, three chased with grapes and three fluted, each marked; the tumbler cups flaring circular, chased at the rim with foliage, the first example Troyes, 1766, the second Orleans, 1766, each marked; the beaker bell-form, applied with cattails and grapes on molded circular foot, Paris, 1788, marked; together with a French silver medical instrument, 1809-1819 and a modern wine taster, each marked
The tumbler cups 2in. (6.2cm.) tall; the beaker 4in. (11.6cm.) tall; 31oz. 10dwt. (983gr.) (11)