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Sixte-Simon Rion is recorded working at 27 Rue Plarlay
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A FRENCH SILVER SOUP-TUREEN AND COVER
PARIS, 1809-1819, MAKER'S MARK OF SIXTE-SIMON RION
The oval vase-shaped body on spreading oval foot chased with a band of stiff foliage and beading, with two biforcated angular handles applied with classical foliage and paterae, the domed cover with similar border and stylized palm-bud finial issuing from a calyx of radiating palm leaves, fully marked length over handles -- 16 5/8 in. (42.2 cm.)
(69 oz.)
PARIS, 1809-1819, MAKER'S MARK OF SIXTE-SIMON RION
The oval vase-shaped body on spreading oval foot chased with a band of stiff foliage and beading, with two biforcated angular handles applied with classical foliage and paterae, the domed cover with similar border and stylized palm-bud finial issuing from a calyx of radiating palm leaves, fully marked length over handles -- 16 5/8 in. (42.2 cm.)
(69 oz.)