MARK OF CHRISTIAN GOTTFRIED SCHIFFERDECKER, STRASBOURG, CIRCA 1720

Details

A RÉGENCE SILVER-GILT SUGAR CASTER
MARK OF CHRISTIAN GOTTFRIED SCHIFFERDECKER, STRASBOURG, CIRCA 1720
Baluster-shaped on spreading gadrooned base, the lower body applied with pierced lambrequins on matted ground, the neck chased with arabesques and applied with two antique portrait medallions, the bayonet-mounted cover pierced with trelliswork and with bud finial, engraved twice with coat-of-arms, marked underneath with maker's mark only
8 ½ in. (21.5 cm.) high
14 oz. 7 dwt. (447 gr.)
The arms are those of the Sugny from Champagne, possibly for Philbert (1682-1725), Vicomte de Sugny and capitaine aux gardes françaises and who married Anne Charpentier d'Audron (c. 1686-1741) in 1712.

Provenance

Philbert (1682-1725), Vicomte de Sugny and his wife Anne Charpentier d'Audron (c. 1686-1741).
Anonymous sale; Christie's, London, 12 June 2002, lot 18.
Acquired from the above sale by the Blaquier-Arrieta Family.

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Lot Essay

This is a rare example of a caster from Strasbourg. The style is typical for the period where the new Régence style, as defined by Nicolas Delaunay, was spreading across France to become one of patrons' favourite styles. Stylistically they relate to the early period with the well defined baluster-shape and the antique medallions.

Another comparable example with town mark but without maker's mark, was sold in Drouot, Paris, 13 October 2022, lot 75.

For another lot by this maker see lot 88.

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