A BELGIAN SILVER SOUP TUREEN AND COVER MONS, 1761; MAKER'S MARK G CROWNED (STUYCK 4964)

Sold by Order of the Board of Trustees of THE ART INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO to benefit future acquisitions* *Lot 133 may be exempt from sales tax, as set forth in the Sales Tax Notice in the front of this catalogue.

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A BELGIAN SILVER SOUP TUREEN AND COVER MONS, 1761; MAKER'S MARK G CROWNED (STUYCK 4964)

Shaped oval, on four scroll feet, the body chased with scrolls and rocaille, with two branch-form handles, the domed removable cover with similar chased decoration and with lobster and vegetable finial, with silver-plated liner, marked under base, the cover with control marks
length over handles 16in. (40.2cm.); 86oz. (2685gr.)

Lot Essay

The maker's mark, G crowned, is that of an unknown maker whose work appears in Jen Huvelle, ed., L'Orfèvrerie en Hainaut, Anvers, 1985. A sugar bowl and tea caddy by this maker in related rococo style is illustrated, along with this mark, on pp. 84-85. The mark is also recorded in R. Stuyck, Belgische Zilvermerken, 1984, no. 4945.