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MARK OF MICHEL PIERRE BATAILLE, ORLEANS, 1780
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A SET OF SIX LOUIS XVI SILVER SALT-CELLARS
MARK OF MICHEL PIERRE BATAILLE, ORLEANS, 1780
Each fluted oval and on four scroll feet, the lower border cast and chased with foliage, applied on each side with a foliage and rocaille vacant cartouche, the hinged covers cast and chased with rocaille within foliage scrolls, each marked underneath, further struck on either the front or back foot with a décharge, each variously marked with later tax marks
3¼ in. (8.2 cm.) wide
30 oz. 11 dwt. (950 gr.) (6)
MARK OF MICHEL PIERRE BATAILLE, ORLEANS, 1780
Each fluted oval and on four scroll feet, the lower border cast and chased with foliage, applied on each side with a foliage and rocaille vacant cartouche, the hinged covers cast and chased with rocaille within foliage scrolls, each marked underneath, further struck on either the front or back foot with a décharge, each variously marked with later tax marks
3¼ in. (8.2 cm.) wide
30 oz. 11 dwt. (950 gr.) (6)
Provenance
Ancienne collection d'un amateur; hôtel Drouot, Paris, 18 April 1983, lot 121.
Literature
N. Verlet-Réaubourg, Les orfèvres d'Orléans sous l'Ancien Régime, Paris, 2003, p. 73.
Special notice
VAT rate of 5% is payable on hammer price and at 20% on the buyer's premium.
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Jamie Collingridge
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