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Oval sugar bowl, its lid and its display stand...

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Oval sugar bowl, its lid and its display stand in silver; the sugar bowl with large ribs, resting on a pedestal with nets; the notched lid with doucine, surmounted by the catch made of a bouquet of strawberries and foliage winding in a twisted arch; the display stand of oval form with contours, chased with nets, flowers, foliage and rocaille, resting on a frame, the feet with volutes. Master goldsmith's hallmark Jean-Louis LESPINIER (identified from 1731 to 1773). Narbonne, 1777-1778 (restorations, missing a nut). Sugar bowl : Height : 14,6 cm Tray : Length : 31,5 cm - Width : 20 cm Gross weight : 1 203 g Provenance : Sale Ader-Picard-Tajan, Paris, 2 March 1990, lot 118. Bibliography : Catalogue of the exhibition Orfèvrerie civile de Montpellier et du Languedoc, Musée languedocien, Montpellier, 1996, described and reproduced, n°106.