Details
Piriforme sur trois pieds feuillagés à enroulements, le corps à décor de côtes tournantes et branchage, guirlandes de laurier, le bec avec coquilles rocailles et fleurs, le couvercle avec prise-bouchon en rose au naturel, le manche d'origine en bois noirci à enroulements et fleurs, poinçons : sous le corps : maître-orfèvre, ville, date, titre, poinçon d’importation pour Rome, traces d’essais ; sur la bordure interne du couvercle : poinçon d’importation pour Rome, traces d’essais
H.: 34 cm. (1313 in.)
Poids brut: 1207 gr. (38 oz. 16 dwt.)
Provenance
Vente Christie's, 11 juillet 1990, lot 68.
Literature
S. Tercelin de Joigny, Le XVIIIe Siècle à Mons: Siècle d'Or et d'Argent, Bruxelles, 2010, p.13.
FURTHER DETAILS
A BELGIAN SILVER CHOCOLATE POT, MARKS OF JOSEPH-PHILIPPE GHIENNE, MONS, 1773
Pear-shaped on three foliate scroll feet, the body chased with swirling flutes enhanced with a garland of leaves, the spout chased with shells and flowers, the domed cover with detachable cover centred by a branched rose, the contemporary wood handle carved with moulding and shell, marks underneath and on cover's inner rim
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