75 - Double circular wine taster made of silver (950), flared with a domed central hub and a fluted rim, hinged with openwork fasteners engraved with foliage motifs. Swivels.

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Estimation

€180 - 230

Sale fees

26.4%

Double circular wine taster made of silver (950), flared with a domed central hub and a fluted rim, hinged with openwork fasteners engraved with foliage motifs. Swivels. Based on an 18th-century Bordeaux model. Minerva and silversmith’s hallmarks: V.P.R. Signed “P. ROUSSEAU fils à Bordeaux” on each hinge, with the inscription “Breveté SDG.” circa 1910. Weight: 148 g. - Diameter: 10 cm. Signs of wear, a few minor chips; wine tasters slightly clouded. Bibliography: Jean and Jacques Clarke de Dromantin, “Les Orfèvres de Bordeaux,” p. 47, P 140a, similar model, with a more complex hinge system, reproduced and dated to around 1910. The invention of this double, swiveling wine cup is attributed to this silversmith.

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Friday, November 20

02:00 PM

Hôtel Drouot

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75009 Paris, France

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