MARK OF JOHANN-HEINRICH OERTEL, STRASBOURG, 1774 AND 1776

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A LOUIS XV SILVER-GILT ECUELLE, COVER AND STAND
MARK OF JOHANN-HEINRICH OERTEL, STRASBOURG, 1774 AND 1776
Circular, the ecuelle chased with a trailing garland of flowers and foliage, partly textured, repeated on the pierced handles, the domed cover with rose finial, the shaped circular stand with laurel leaf border and chased with flower sprays, the ecuelle engraved on one side with a coat-of-arms beneath a coronet and on the other with initial V beneath a coronet, marked on undersides and in cover: Reconnaissance, date-letters (Y and A) and maker; painted in black under the stand with Jourdan-Barry Collection number 'PJB - L101'
10 3⁄8 in. (26.5 cm.) diameter of the stand
57 oz. 5 dwt. (1,782 gr.)
The arms are possibly those of Anne-Hilarion de Cotentin de Tourville (1718-1773), Marquis de Tourville.

Provenance

Pierre Jourdan-Barry (1926-2016).
The Jourdan-Barry Collection; Sotheby's, Monaco, 5 December 1992, lot 7.
Acquired from the above sale by the Blaquier-Arrieta Family.

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Lot Essay

This ecuelle is typical of the work of Oertel with the distinctive rose finial and laurel borders. However, although dated 1774-1776 it nonetheless borrows ornaments typical of the Rococo style proving the enduring success of the style. Furthermore the delicate garland chased on the cover is borrowed from Johann Ludwig Imlin's ecuelles produced in the second half of the 1760s.

For a comparable ecuelle by Imlin dated 1768, see Christie's, Paris, 24 April 2024, lot 433.

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