PARIS 1727 - 1728 Pair of small silver dishes with five contours moulded with fillets and extended with gadroons. Engraved with a central coat of arms surmounted by a marquis crown. A dish of the same model and the same silversmith with different coats of arms partially erased. Master goldsmith : Jacques DEME, received in 1656 or 1690 Weight : 1393,1 g - diameter : 25,5 cm Provenance : sale of the Jacques and Marianne HELFT collection, Monaco 3 December 1989, under the number 86 Supplement to n ° 111 of the Marcel Sztejnberg sale of February 4, 2021

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