Lot Essay
This maker's mark is recorded by Jean du Gnoille, L'Orfèvrerie en Hainaut, Lannoo Fonds Mercator, p. 150
ATH, CIRCA 1780, MAKER'S MARK A BIRD
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A BELGIAN SILVER COFFEE-POT
Ath, circa 1780, maker's mark a bird
Pear-shaped, on three scroll and foliage feet, the partly fluted body repoussé and chased with panels of hunting and gardening trophies and beneath the covered rocaille spout with a basket of flowers, the neck with interlaced scrolls and paterae, the domed partly fluted cover chased with floral festoons and with ball finial, marked on base
34 cm. (13 3/8 in.) high
1050 gr. (33 oz.) gross
Ath, circa 1780, maker's mark a bird
Pear-shaped, on three scroll and foliage feet, the partly fluted body repoussé and chased with panels of hunting and gardening trophies and beneath the covered rocaille spout with a basket of flowers, the neck with interlaced scrolls and paterae, the domed partly fluted cover chased with floral festoons and with ball finial, marked on base
34 cm. (13 3/8 in.) high
1050 gr. (33 oz.) gross
Literature
This maker's mark is recorded by Jean du Gnoille, L'Orfèvrerie en Hainaut, Lannoo Fonds Mercator, p. 150