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Lot n° 122

FRANCE, seconde moitié du XIXème siècle

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Large silver alcohol stove (950) consisting of a circle holding the burner with an adjustable circular flame arrestor, resting on four supporting posts and ending in scroll legs decorated with long leaves. Two side grips in turned brown wood and fastened in sequence. Subsequently numbered A.D. Glass burner tank. With two circular or oval, moulded and poly-lobed silver (950) trays, resting on four pirouette feet, with stylised floral decoration, openwork, and central opening. Minerva and goldsmith hallmarks (in letters and initials): WHEAT MEURICE. Total gross weight (stove, without tank): 2,645 g. Net weight (burner box): 179 g. Height of the stove: 17,5 cm. Total net weight (two trays): 1 390 g. Diameter: 26,5 cm - Length: 37,5 cm. Scratches and some shocks. In a box with the shape, with tray, of the House of FROMENT MEURICE. Wear and tear and missing parts.

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