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Quadripod milk jug in silver decorated with ribboned...

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Quadripod milk jug in silver decorated with ribboned rushes, the belly engraved with the arms of the alliance of the Terray and Michels families, stamped with a count's crown. (Uses of use) Top. 14.5 cm. Weight: 327 g. Note: Camille TERRAY, son of 2nd Count Terray and Anne-Marie Gabrielle Antoinette d'Andlau, married in 1905 Marie-Mercédes des Michel, daughter of the 2nd Baron des Michels, ambassador of France, and of Ofrésie de Las Cases. The Terrays are descended from Antoine Terray (1662-1727), a farmer-general from Lyon and father of Louis XV's minister Joseph-Marie Terray (the famous "Abbé Terray").