RENNES - Pierre-Julien BUCHET (1723-c.1759), received Master in 1759. Plain silver piriform VERSEUSE. Fretel in swirl, lid with scrolled molded thumb rest. Scutiforme hinge attachment. Spout with median edge. It rests on a filleted cavet heel. Turned and blackened wood side handle. The body is engraved with the coat of arms of the des Cognets - de Saint-Pern families. Toussaint-Marie des Cognets (1722-1801), Seigneur de Correc, married Louise-Hyacinthe de Saint-Pern de Brondineuf (c.1729-1789) on April 23, 1754. Louis XVI period, 1774-1777. Height : 13 cm. Gross weight : 285 g. (Unmarked lid, probably attached).

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