Lot Essay
The C couronné poinçon was a tax mark used between March 1745 and February 1749 on any alloy containing copper. A 19th Century salt of this model was sold in these Rooms, 15 March 1990, lot 21
Various Properties
A LOUIS XV ORMOLU SALT after the model by Alessandro Vittorio, with a central bearded figure of Neptune astride a dolphin and holding a hinged lidded shell-shaped well, flanked by two scallop-shells, on an asymmetrical foliate scroll-cast pierced base, the base stuck with C couronné poinçon
Details
A LOUIS XV ORMOLU SALT after the model by Alessandro Vittorio, with a central bearded figure of Neptune astride a dolphin and holding a hinged lidded shell-shaped well, flanked by two scallop-shells, on an asymmetrical foliate scroll-cast pierced base, the base stuck with C couronné poinçon
9¾in.(25cm.)wide;6¾in.(17cm.)high
9¾in.(25cm.)wide;6¾in.(17cm.)high