Lot Essay
H. Nocq illustrates in Le poinçon de Paris, Paris, 1926, vol. 3, p. 116 an identical mustard pot dated 1751 sold in the sale "M.P. 1923".
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MARK OF JEAN-CHARLES LERICHE, PARIS, 1748
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A LOUIS XV SILVER MUSTARD POT
MARK OF JEAN-CHARLES LERICHE, PARIS, 1748
Of baluster form on spreading shaped circular foot, the body chased with spiral fluting repeated on the domed cover centred by a snail finial, engraved with a coat-of-arms beneath a coronet, marked underneath and in cover with charge, date-letter (H) and maker; on both terminals of the handle and on foot-rim: maker; on foot-rim: decharge and later French control mark; together with silver-gilt fiddle and shell pattern mustard spoon, illegible marks on stem
4 ¾ in. (12 cm.) high
total weight 6 oz. 13 dwt. (207 gr.)
MARK OF JEAN-CHARLES LERICHE, PARIS, 1748
Of baluster form on spreading shaped circular foot, the body chased with spiral fluting repeated on the domed cover centred by a snail finial, engraved with a coat-of-arms beneath a coronet, marked underneath and in cover with charge, date-letter (H) and maker; on both terminals of the handle and on foot-rim: maker; on foot-rim: decharge and later French control mark; together with silver-gilt fiddle and shell pattern mustard spoon, illegible marks on stem
4 ¾ in. (12 cm.) high
total weight 6 oz. 13 dwt. (207 gr.)
Provenance
with Jacques Kugel, Paris.
Acquired from the above by the Blaquier-Arrieta Family.
Acquired from the above by the Blaquier-Arrieta Family.
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