Estimate

5.000 - 7.000

Session 4

18 March 2025

Description

Silver, fineness .958
Oval tureen with projecting handles, raised on a pedestal foot
Relief decoration depicting a frieze of scrolls, flowers and eagle heads surrounding two oval medallions decorated with the figure of young Bacchus playing with putti and a goat
Plain interior with silver lining
Cover with chiseled decoration featuring a water leaf frieze and a Greek key frieze surrounding rosettes
Fruit basket-shaped finial
Oval stand with polished decoration, engraved at the center with a European Family Coat of Arms
Border with chiseled decoration depicting a laurel leaf garland
Raised on four double-sphere feet
Foreign guarantee mark, Paris city charge mark (1789), maker's mark attributable to Louis Cartier (reg.1779) or Louis-Jean-Baptiste Cheret (reg. 1759) and Paris city export mark (1781-1789)
(minor oxidation marks, signs of wear)

36,5x43,5x25,5 cm (terrina com Sizea)
8x43,5x32,5 cm (presentoir)
6093,5 g

Category

Silver

Additional Information

Proveniência:
Provavelmente, esta peça é um dos pares do lote 416 ou 416a do leilão realizado em Março de 1941, em Lisboa, pela leiloeira Leiria & Nascimento, onde se venderam peças pertencentes à baixela do 3º Conde de Porto Côvo, Alberto Júlio da Costa Lobo da Bandeira

Exposições:
Pieces from this silver tableware set were presented at the Portuguese and French Goldsmithing Exhibition, held at the Fundação Ricardo Espírito Santo Silva in 1955. In the respective catalog, they were listed as works by the goldsmith Louis-Jean-Baptiste Cheret (1760-1832). At the 1934 exhibition at the Fundação Ricardo Espírito Santo, there was a sauceboat with an identical mark attributed to Louis-Cartier. It was sold at Christie's in the auction THE COLLECTION OF RITA ESPÍRITO SANTO as lot 49.
At the Leiria & Nascimento auction in 1941, and at the Porto Covo auction, all were attributed to Louis-Cartier (reg. 1779).