MARK OF FRANÇOIS-THOMAS GERMAIN, PARIS, 1757

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TWO PAIRS OF LOUIS XV SILVER MEAT DISHES
MARK OF FRANÇOIS-THOMAS GERMAIN, PARIS, 1757
Each shaped oval with reeded moulded rim, engraved on the border with Russian Imperial coats-of-arms, stamped and engraved with inventory numbers 35 and 33, the other pair with 41 and 44, also engraved for 41 and 44 with 'Du No 11', for 33 with ' No 7 - 13-7-5' and for 35 with 'Du no 7', marked underneath rims with charge, date-letter (R), maker and St. Petersburg hallmarks for 1767; on rims; traces of hallmarks; with later French control marks
13 ¾ in. (35 cm.) and 12 ¾ in. (32.3 cm.)
104 oz. 6 dwt. (3,245 gr.)
The coat-of-arms is that Empress Elizabeth of Russia (1709-1762).

Provenance

Empress Elizabeth (1709-1762) as a gift to her nephew Grand Duke Peter Feodorovich and his wife Princess Sophia of Anhalt-Zerbst, later Empress Catherine II of Russia (1729-1796);
Transferred to the Winter Palace, St Petersburg, in 1762 on the orders of Empress Catherine II of Russia, then by descent in the Imperial collections until 1917.

Literature

Baron A. de Foelkersam, Inventaire de l'Argenterie conservé dans les garde-meubles des Palais Impériaux, 1907, vol I, plates 33 and 35; vol. II p. 42 and 43.

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Descrizione dettagliata lotto

These four dishes are recorded in Foelkersam inventory under 'cat 53', p. 42 for No.33 and under 'Cat. 54', p. 43 for No 35, 41 and 44.

The metropolitan Museum of Art, New York holds in its collection a dish from this service also dated 1757 (Bequest of Catherine D. Wentworth, 1948 - Object Number: 48.187.364).

Altri da The Blaquier-Arrieta Collection, Part II

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