Lot in silver (950), Minerve hallmark, comprising : - a wedding cup on a pedestal with two ram's head handles and a gadroon frieze base. Weight: 250 g. - 11 x 16.5 cm - a plain snake-handled tastevin with a medallion in profile of Louis XV, King of France and Navarre. Medallion with coat of arms and inscription "Benedictum 1767 sit nomen domini" under the base. Weight : 95 g. - 2.2 x 10.8 cm. - A tastevin with molded grip ring decorated with twisted ribs and gadroons. Weight: 51 g. - 2.9 x 10.4 cm. Broken ring. - a small dish with frieze rim centered on an 1813 5-franc coin with a profile of Napoleon I. Weight: 72 g. - Diameter: 9.3 cm. = Total weight: 469 g. Wear, scratches, bumps, accident to a tastevin handle; oxidation.

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