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A VERY SIMILIAR EGG CUP, PARIS, 1762, IS ILLUSTRATED IN LE DIX-HUITIèME SIèCLE FRANçAIS, PARIS, 1956, P. 101L, FROM THE ESPIRITO-SANTO COLLECTION
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A PAIR OF LOUIS XV SILVER EGG CUPS
PROVINS, CIRCA 1770, MAKER'S MARK OF FRANCOIS-MARTIN MICHELIN
ON OVAL DOMED BASES WITH REEDED BORDERS AND CAST OPENWORK WHEATSHEAF STEMS SUPPORTING CIRCULAR REEDED CUPS, ONE MARKED ON BASE WITH MAISON COMMUNE MARK AND MAKER'S MARK, THE RIM WITH PROVINS CONTREMARQUE FOR 1768-1774; THE OTHER WITH MAKER'S MARK ONLY ON BASE--2¾IN. (7CM.) HIGH
(4OZ. 10DWT.)
PROVINS, CIRCA 1770, MAKER'S MARK OF FRANCOIS-MARTIN MICHELIN
ON OVAL DOMED BASES WITH REEDED BORDERS AND CAST OPENWORK WHEATSHEAF STEMS SUPPORTING CIRCULAR REEDED CUPS, ONE MARKED ON BASE WITH MAISON COMMUNE MARK AND MAKER'S MARK, THE RIM WITH PROVINS CONTREMARQUE FOR 1768-1774; THE OTHER WITH MAKER'S MARK ONLY ON BASE--2¾IN. (7CM.) HIGH
(4OZ. 10DWT.)
Provenance
A LA VIEILLE CITé, 1960, 1961