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A LOUIS XV SILVER CRUET STAND
TOULOUSE, 1770, MAKER'S MARK OF BARTHELEMY SAMSON
Of shaped oval form on four scroll supports, the wavy everted sides elaborately applied with foliage and pierced and chased with panels of diaperwork, with two circular frames pierced and chased with foliate scrolls and grapevine, fitted with two foliate finials, marked on base, frames and one stopper; also struck with post-1838 control mark--11in. (28cm.) long
(38oz.)
TOULOUSE, 1770, MAKER'S MARK OF BARTHELEMY SAMSON
Of shaped oval form on four scroll supports, the wavy everted sides elaborately applied with foliage and pierced and chased with panels of diaperwork, with two circular frames pierced and chased with foliate scrolls and grapevine, fitted with two foliate finials, marked on base, frames and one stopper; also struck with post-1838 control mark--11in. (28cm.) long
(38oz.)
Provenance
A la Vieille Cité, Paris, 1956
Exhibited
French Eighteenth Century Silver from the Collection of Rodolphe and Williamina Meyer de Schauensee, Philadelphia Museum of Art, September 29, 1990-January 20, 1991