MAKER'S MARK OF NARCISSE TOREL, PARIS, CIRCA 1875
Details
A set of six French silver dessert-stands (Compotiers)
Maker's mark of Narcisse Torel, Paris, circa 1875
Comprising three cake-stands and three 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 trellis work with foliage in between, the detachable bowl with reed-and-tied border and applied beneath with acanthus foliage, marked on reverse and base
26 cm. (10¼ in.) diam.
7,750 g. (249 oz.) (6)
Maker's mark of Narcisse Torel, Paris, circa 1875
Comprising three cake-stands and three 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 trellis work with foliage in between, the detachable bowl with reed-and-tied border and applied beneath with acanthus foliage, marked on reverse and base
26 cm. (10¼ in.) diam.
7,750 g. (249 oz.) (6)
Provenance
Sosthenes de la Rochefoucauld-Doudeauville thence by descent to the present owner