Lot Essay
Although these silver-shaped ewers are well known in famille verte, it is much rarer to find this essentially Huguenot metal shape surviving into the period of early famille rose. See Christopher Hartop, The Huguenot Legacy, English Silver 1680-1760, pp.402-404, no.106 for an English silver ewer of circa 1696-7, where the author mentions that this form is taken from a French silver prototype of the 1680's.
Famille verte ewers of this shape are illustrated by M. Beurdeley, op.cit., p.73, fig.49 for an example with the arms of Ataïde; bid., p.159, cat.49a, for another with the arms of Brydges, first Duke of Chandos and p.175, cat.115 for a non-armorial famille verte ewer.
Famille verte ewers of this shape are illustrated by M. Beurdeley, op.cit., p.73, fig.49 for an example with the arms of Ataïde; bid., p.159, cat.49a, for another with the arms of Brydges, first Duke of Chandos and p.175, cat.115 for a non-armorial famille verte ewer.