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A LOUIS XV SILVER CHOCOLATE POT
PARIS, 1754, MAKER'S MARK UNCLEAR
Of baluster form, on three scroll feet, the scroll spout with hinged cover and terminating in rocaille decoration, with removable turned wood side handle, the hinged domed cover with scroll thumbpiece, the circular slide cap surmounted by a baluster finial, the side engraved with a coat-of-arms and crest, marked under base and on cover; struck with the charge and discharge of Julien Berthe--8 1/4in. (21cm.) high
(17 oz. 10 dwt.)
PARIS, 1754, MAKER'S MARK UNCLEAR
Of baluster form, on three scroll feet, the scroll spout with hinged cover and terminating in rocaille decoration, with removable turned wood side handle, the hinged domed cover with scroll thumbpiece, the circular slide cap surmounted by a baluster finial, the side engraved with a coat-of-arms and crest, marked under base and on cover; struck with the charge and discharge of Julien Berthe--8 1/4in. (21cm.) high
(17 oz. 10 dwt.)
Provenance
Sotheby's, London, February 8, 1962, lot 84