Lot n° 142
Estimation :
1500 - 2000
EUR
LILLE 1753–55 - Lot 142
LILLE 1753–55
Large three-legged chocolate pot in solid silver with a pinched-ribbed design.
Side handle in blackened wood.
Remarkably hallmarked with the LILLE hallmarks and guild marks for LILLE 1753–55 (crowned “M”).
Hallmarks (appearing eight times) of the master silversmith and jeweler: Claude-François-Joseph CHARLES, admitted to the guild in 1743.
Height: 29 cm.
Max. width: approximately 28 cm
Weight: 1,001 grams.
A chocolate pot of the same model and from the same year, by master goldsmith Pierre PONTUS, is featured in Ms. CARTIER’s reference work, on page 132 of Volume I (ref. 30).
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