LILLE 1731 - 1736 Small silver saupoudroir mounted with bayonet of baluster form. It rests on a pedestal bordered with gadroons on the upper part. The body is chiseled with alternating lambrequins of falling flowers on an amatized background. The dome is decorated with quatrefoils. The top rests on a terrace of radiating gadroons of different sizes. Master goldsmith : Jacques Philippe LEMAIRE, received master in 1726 Weight : 130,3 g - height : 12,5 cm Bibliography : Reproduced and described in the work of Nicole CARTIER, Les orfèvres de Lille II, under the number 252, pages 630 LILLE 1731 - 1736 A small baluster-shaped silver sugar caster Master silversmith: Jacques Philippe LEMAIRE

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