MAKER'S MARK OF CLAUDE GAUCHER, PARIS, 1692
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A PAIR OF RARE LOUIS XIV SILVER-GILT CUPS AND COVERS
maker's mark of Claude Gaucher, Paris, 1692
Each tapering cylindrical and with everted lip, on spreading circular foot and with two scroll handles with grotesque monster's mask terminal, the lower part of the body finely engraved with strapwork and foliage, the slightly domed covers with fluted borders, bud finials and engraved with a panel of strapwork, the bodies each engraved with a foliage cartouche and later engraved with the cypher AL with Earl's coronet above, marked on bases
11 cm. (4½ in.) high
479 gr. (15 oz.) (2)
maker's mark of Claude Gaucher, Paris, 1692
Each tapering cylindrical and with everted lip, on spreading circular foot and with two scroll handles with grotesque monster's mask terminal, the lower part of the body finely engraved with strapwork and foliage, the slightly domed covers with fluted borders, bud finials and engraved with a panel of strapwork, the bodies each engraved with a foliage cartouche and later engraved with the cypher AL with Earl's coronet above, marked on bases
11 cm. (4½ in.) high
479 gr. (15 oz.) (2)