Lot Essay
The coats-of-arms are those of Gaspard-César-Charles L'Escaloppier who married in 1737 Anne Leclerc de Lesseville. He was Maitre des Requêtes, Conseiller du Roi Louis XV and between 1756 and 1766, became Intendant de Tours.
A shaped-circular dish attributed to Nicolas Besnier, now preserved in the Louvre collection, Paris, Catalogue 1958, nr 60, plate XV, is engraved with the same coats-of-arms.
A similar toilet box by the same maker, from the Jourdan-Barry collection, was sold at Sotheby's Monaco, 5th December 1992, lot 81
A shaped-circular dish attributed to Nicolas Besnier, now preserved in the Louvre collection, Paris, Catalogue 1958, nr 60, plate XV, is engraved with the same coats-of-arms.
A similar toilet box by the same maker, from the Jourdan-Barry collection, was sold at Sotheby's Monaco, 5th December 1992, lot 81