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MARK OF MARTIN-GUILLAUME BIENNAIS, PARIS, 1809-1819
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A FRENCH SILVER COFFEE-POT
MARK OF MARTIN-GUILLAUME BIENNAIS, PARIS, 1809-1819
Tapering cylindrical and on a milled foot, the sides applied with a depiction of Cupid holding a laurel leaf and sitting astride a hippocamp, the spout terminating in a duck's mask, the detachable cover with an ebonised finial above openwork trailing foliage, marked under base, on edge of base, inside cover and on cover bezel, also marked with a later French tax mark
7¼ in. (18.5 cm.) high
gross weight 37 oz. (1,140 gr.)
MARK OF MARTIN-GUILLAUME BIENNAIS, PARIS, 1809-1819
Tapering cylindrical and on a milled foot, the sides applied with a depiction of Cupid holding a laurel leaf and sitting astride a hippocamp, the spout terminating in a duck's mask, the detachable cover with an ebonised finial above openwork trailing foliage, marked under base, on edge of base, inside cover and on cover bezel, also marked with a later French tax mark
7¼ in. (18.5 cm.) high
gross weight 37 oz. (1,140 gr.)
Provenance
With a la Vieille Cité, Paris
Special notice
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