MARK OF JEAN-CHARLES ROQUILLET-DESNOYERS, PARIS, 1772

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A LOUIS XV SILVER-GILT EWER AND BASIN
MARK OF JEAN-CHARLES ROQUILLET-DESNOYERS, PARIS, 1772
The ewer of baluster-form on gadrooned spreading foot, the body chased with flutes and water leaves on the lower part and applied with leaf-clad handle; the basin shaped oval with fluted border and bead-and-reed rim, engraved under spout and in centre of basin with an archbishop's coat-of-arms, marked underneath ewer and under rim of basin with charge, date-letter (I) and maker; on rims with decharge
The ewer 12 ¼ in. (31 cm.) high; the basin 14 ½ in. (37 cm.) long
67 oz. 14 dwt. (2,106gr.)
The arms are those of Monsignor Emmanuel-Louis de Cugnac (1729-1800), last Bishop of Lectoure, a learned art-loving prelate. He distinguished himself during the French Revolution by refusing the Civil Constitution of the Clergy whilst remaining in France, making him one of the few bishops not to go into exile.

Provenance

Monsignor Emmanuel-Louis de Cugnac (1729-1800).
with Edmond Foret, Buenos Aires, July 1960.
Acquired from the above by the Blaquier-Arrieta Family.

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Lot Essay

This ewer and basin were once part of the silver ordination service commissioned by Emmanuel-Louis de Cugnac from the Paris goldsmith Jean-Charles Roquillet-Desnoyers. The surviving ensemble includes a chalice and paten, basin, cruets, chrism vessel and candlestick, all decorated with wheat ears, water leaves, gadrooning and fluting, and engraved with the arms of Cugnac.

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