Lot Essay
A virtually identical tea caddy by the same, 1750, is illustrated in L'Orfèvrerie Civile en France,exhibition catalogue, Galerie Lucien Blanc, Aix-en-Provence, 1954, no. 104
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A LOUIS XV SILVER TEA CADDY
PARIS, 1753, MAKER'S MARK OF FRANÇOIS JOUBERT
Of plain deep rectangular form, with slip on cover, the side engraved with a coat-of-arms and coronet within a foliate scroll cartouche, marked on base, side and cover; struck with the charge and discharge of Julien Berthe, also struck with post-1838 control marks--3¾in. (9.5cm.) high
(4oz.)
PARIS, 1753, MAKER'S MARK OF FRANÇOIS JOUBERT
Of plain deep rectangular form, with slip on cover, the side engraved with a coat-of-arms and coronet within a foliate scroll cartouche, marked on base, side and cover; struck with the charge and discharge of Julien Berthe, also struck with post-1838 control marks--3¾in. (9.5cm.) high
(4oz.)
Provenance
A la Vieille Cité, Paris, 1958