Silver jam cupboard (950/1000th) resting on three uprights joined by a triangular base finished by ball feet. The uprights are topped by antique heads flanked by birds and support an openwork gallery decorated with palmettes. The lid is in the form of a ring. Inside in vermeil. Weight : 624 g. Goldsmith : Jacques-Florent-Joseph BEYDEL. Paris, 1809-1819. (Small dents, missing the small spoons). H : 24 cm.

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