MAKER'S MARK OF NARCISSE THOREL, PARIS, CIRCA 1875
Details
Two pairs of French silver dessert-stands (Compotiers)
Maker's mark of Narcisse Thorel, Paris, circa 1875
Comprising a pair of cake-stands and a pair of fruit-stands, each on spreading base chased and cast with reed-and-tie border, resting on four acanthus foliage feet, applied with coat-of-arms beneath Duke's coronet, the stem chased and cast with panels of ovolo and treillis work with foliage in between, the detachable bowl with reed-and-tie border and applied beneath with acanthus foliage, marked on reverse and base
26 cm. (10¼ in.) diam.
5,320 gr. (171 oz.) (4)
Maker's mark of Narcisse Thorel, Paris, circa 1875
Comprising a pair of cake-stands and a pair of fruit-stands, each on spreading base chased and cast with reed-and-tie border, resting on four acanthus foliage feet, applied with coat-of-arms beneath Duke's coronet, the stem chased and cast with panels of ovolo and treillis work with foliage in between, the detachable bowl with reed-and-tie border and applied beneath with acanthus foliage, marked on reverse and base
26 cm. (10¼ in.) diam.
5,320 gr. (171 oz.) (4)
Provenance
Sosthenes de la Rochefoucauld-Doudeauville thence by descent to the present owner