Lot Essay
An identical wine cooler, bearing spurious marks for Thomas Germain, is illustrated in "Des Faux" in Jacques Helft, Nouveaux Poinçons, Paris, 1980, p. 255.
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A SILVER-GILT WINE COOLER
BEARING SPURIOUS MARKS FOR ANGERS, 1758
After a design by J.A. Meissonnier, of baluster form with two mermaid handles, each holding sea serpents, chased with panels of mythological scenes and flowers and the French Royal Arms, with ovolo and tied reed borders, marked under base--10in. (25.5cm.) high
(72oz.)
BEARING SPURIOUS MARKS FOR ANGERS, 1758
After a design by J.A. Meissonnier, of baluster form with two mermaid handles, each holding sea serpents, chased with panels of mythological scenes and flowers and the French Royal Arms, with ovolo and tied reed borders, marked under base--10in. (25.5cm.) high
(72oz.)