Description
TOULON 1737Silver oil and vinegar cruet , complete with its grid and its stoppers (later glass decanters). Of basin form, resting on four feet with flowered scrolls, the body is engraved chiselled on a background of foliage and flowers framing birds turned to the left. Two medallions on either side, one is engraved with a coat of arms, the second with a mascaron. The border is moulded with gadroons on the stoppers ending with seeds in plume. Two side handles in cast silver form double braces. Master silversmith : Nicolas II BOULLET, received in 1717Weight : 823,1 g - length : 25,5 cm - width : 14,4 cmCondition : old restorations to the gridProvenance : Has been exhibited at the Marseille Exhibition in 2005 - 2006, at the Grobet-Labadié museum : " L'orfèvrerie civile en Provence au XVIIIe siècle " under the number 169 - described and reproduced on page 254 of the catalogue .
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TOULON 1737Silver oil and vinegar cruet , complete with its grid and its stoppers (later glass decanters). Of basin form, resting on four feet with flowered scrolls, the body is engraved chiselled on a background of foliage and flowers framing birds turned to the left. Two medallions on either side, one is engraved with a coat of arms, the second with a mascaron. The border is moulded with gadroons on the stoppers ending with seeds in plume. Two side handles in cast silver form double braces. Master silversmith : Nicolas II BOULLET, received in 1717Weight : 823,1 g - length : 25,5 cm - width : 14,4 cmCondition : old restorations to the gridProvenance : Has been exhibited at the Marseille Exhibition in 2005 - 2006, at the Grobet-Labadié museum : " L'orfèvrerie civile en Provence au XVIIIe siècle " under the number 169 - described and reproduced on page 254 of the catalogue .
