LAPPARA & GABRIEL - Lot 280

LAPPARA & GABRIEL Empire-style 4-piece silver appetizer/petit four set, including: - 1 petit four server, with a scoop decorated with an engraved winged flaming torch. L: 16.7 and 14.5 cm; - 1 petit four scoop with openwork foliage decoration. L: 14.5 cm; - 1 spoon with a cut-out, multi-lobed bowl featuring openwork detailing. L: 14.8 cm. Decorated with water leaves, fleurons, palmettes, a cascade of flowers, and a flaming torch surrounded by swan wings. Design by Baron GERARD, Painter to the Empire (1770–1837). Handles adorned with a laurel wreath. Back of the handles featuring a stylized, interlaced monogram: “MH.” First-title Minerva hallmarks. Goldsmiths’ marks: LAPPARRA & GABRIEL (“LG” and a rat), active from 1902 to 1923. Weight: 117.3 grams.