Lot n° 350
Estimation :
1000 - 1500
EUR
SILVER CANDLE and COUVER, with radiating tongue lugs and cir - Lot 350
SILVER CANDLE and COUVER, with radiating tongue lugs and circular knob lid.
Master goldsmith Antoine PLOT (received master in 1729), Paris, 1756
Hallmarks: goldsmith, letter-date Q, crowned charge A, discharge. H: 11; L: 30 cm. Weight: 978 g.
Hand-engraved in several places "FN" and "Finot", possibly for Dr. Albert Finot (1853-1941), part of whose collection was acquired by Jean Camille Niel (1882-1964), both members of the Société académique de l'Aube.
Antoine Plot is an iconic silversmith of the early reign of Louis XV, represented in some of the world's greatest collections, including the WENTWORTH collection (Met, numbers 48.187.310, 48.187.39, 63.53.38, 48.187.3a, b , etc...) and the SZTEJNBERG collection (see Ader sale, 29/09/21, lot 122).
A similar bowl by the same silversmith was sold at Drouot, Etude Boisgirard Antonini, August 12, 2012, lot 508.
Expert: Emmanuel de Monteynard
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