A CHAMPLEVÉ ENAMEL PARCEL-GILT SILVER TROMPE L'OEIL BREAD AND SALT DISH

Lot 98
21.07.2020 17:00UTC +00:00
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£ 10 000
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ID 370558
Lot 98 | A CHAMPLEVÉ ENAMEL PARCEL-GILT SILVER TROMPE L'OEIL BREAD AND SALT DISH
Estimate value
£ 4 000 – 6 000
The silver-gilt dish of scalloped circular form, the border with champlevé enamelled birds and foliate motifs, applied with a silver trompe l'oeil folded tablecloth, decorated with an enamelled crest of the Novaia-Ladoga district, and the monogram 'FR', also engraved with the red monogram 'EL', surmounted by a realistically cast and chased loaf of bread with hinged cover, engraved with French inscription 'To Mr Emile Loubé / President of the Republic of France / Offered by the Charitable Society / of the District of Novaia-Ladoga. / 9 May 1902.', marked throughout
101/4 in. (26 cm.) diameter
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