A LOUIS XV SILVER-GILT ECUELLE AND AN ASSOCIATED STAND
A LOUIS XV SILVER-GILT ECUELLE AND AN ASSOCIATED STAND

THE ECUELLE AND COVER MARK OF CLAUDE CHARVET, PARIS, 1742, THE STAND MARK OF JOACHIM FRIDERICH KIRSTEIN, STRASBOURG, 1755

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A LOUIS XV SILVER-GILT ECUELLE AND AN ASSOCIATED STAND
THE ECUELLE AND COVER MARK OF CLAUDE CHARVET, PARIS, 1742, THE STAND MARK OF JOACHIM FRIDERICH KIRSTEIN, STRASBOURG, 1755
Circular, the side handles cast with foliage and scrolls on a matted ground, the cover cast with ovolo and strapwork borders and with rayed fluting and bellflowers below an artichoke finial, the shaped circular dish chased with rocialle, both later engraved with coat-of-arms, the ecuelle marked near rim and on handles, with décharge of Louis Robin near rim, the stand marked underneath
12 1/2 in. (31.8 cm.) long
49 oz. 8 dwt. (1,536 gr.)
The arms are apparently those of Jacques Louis du Roure and his wife Gabrielle-Henriette du Vivier de Lansace whom he married in 1768.
Provenance
The collection of Max von Buch; Christie's, Paris, 17 November 2010, lot 46.

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