Details
In the French Régence style, the body chased with a frieze of strapwork and trellis on matted ground and applied with two cartouches of putti in a landscape, the flat handles chased with foliate scrolls and dolphins on a matted ground, the stepped cover applied with four dolphin-shaped resting scrolls and cast rib of ovolo framing a square shaped cartouche figuring Hercules and the dragon Ladon, the rim applied with four cartouches of putt, marked on underside and cover rim and with later Austro-Hungarian marks for Vienna, 1806
8 in. (20.5 cm.) long, over handles
12 oz. 16 dwt. (398 gr.)
Provenance
The Collection of the Rothschild family.
By descent to the present owners.
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