Louis XV silver dish by the prestigious Pierre GERMAIN. - Lot 119

Louis XV silver dish by the prestigious Pierre GERMAIN. The dish has a filets contours design with leafy clasps and a wing engraved with a coat of arms under a marquis's crown. Marks for PARIS 1773. Master goldsmith's hallmarks: Pierre GERMAIN dit "le Romain" ("PG" and a germ), who completed his apprenticeship with BESNIER Orfèvre du Roi at the Galleries du Louvre. Repeatedly elected guard of the Parisian goldsmiths. Diameter: 26.5 cm Weight: 672.2 grams. The "Nocq" mentions that the "Poinçon de Pierre Germain is not very common", and that the hallmark is based on a Porte huilier from the Puiforcat collection, which had been in the possession of Pierre Germain's descendants before joining the collection. Mr. Bapst said he knew of no work by this master. There are very few left". Pierre Germain is also known for having published the album des éléments d'Orfèvrerie, composed of 2 parts of 50 plates each, one devoted to religious goldsmithery, the other to civil goldsmithery.