Silver lot: Egyptian-style teapot on 4 claw feet, eagle-head spout, blackened wooden handle. Minerve hallmark. H: 25 cm. PB : 754 g , Sugar bowl decorated with laurel garlands, monogrammed. Minerve hallmark. P : 363 g cup, saucer and spoon with wavelet guilloches, engraved "Paul" in a medallion. Minerve hallmark. P : 199,2 tulip-shaped tumbler on 18th-century doucine foot. P : 124,9 Straight kettledrum monogrammed M.G., dents. Marked 2nd cock. P : 60,7 g Straight tumbler monogrammed G.B., large dent. Minerve hallmark. P : 82.4 g taste-vin, thumb rest decorated with 2 snakes with fruit in their mouths. Boar's head hallmark. P : 55.3 g taste-vin, thumb rest engraved "Douce cotton" 18th c. P : 67 g Thai covered bowl. P: 136 g PBT : 1842,5 g

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