A LOUIS XV SILVER-GILT ECUELLE, COVER, AND STAND

Lot 70
27.01.2021 10:00UTC +00:00
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$ 40 000
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Event locationUnited Kingdom, London
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Lot 70 | A LOUIS XV SILVER-GILT ECUELLE, COVER, AND STAND
Estimate value
$ 40 000 – 60 000
A LOUIS XV SILVER-GILT ECUELLE, COVER, AND STAND
MARK OF JOHANN SENCKEYSEN, STRASBOURG, CIRCA 1750
Circular with flat handles cast with fluted and furled rocaille, the body and cover engraved with rocaille and applied with guilloche borders, the cover with shell-capped bud finial, the stand shaped circular with conforming engraved rocaille and applied guilloche border with shells and intervals, marked on underside of ecuelle and stand, the cover apparently unmarked; together with a similar table fork, spoon, and knife, and a tooled-leather fitted case, the fork with maker's mark ELS, Strasbourg, circa 1767, the knife with maker's mark IMLIN, Strasbourg, circa 1756, the spoon apparently unmarked
11 5/8 in. (29.5 cm.) long, over handles
59 oz. 18 dwt. (1,863 gr.) weighable silver
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