A silver covered bowl, the triangular ears with... Lot 37

A silver covered bowl, the triangular ears with contours, chiselled with a man's bust framed by two dolphins and surmounted by a shell; the lid with a doucine with a gadroon border, decorated with chiselled lambrequins of flowers, alternated with gadroons and pearls, on an amatized background; the knob handle decorated with a woman's profile in the antique style. Mark of the Master goldsmith Jacques II BAZILLE, received in 1740. Montpellier, 1741-1742. Height : 12,5 cm - Diameter : 17 cm - Weight : 829 g Provenance : Arcole sale, Paris, July 9, 1991, lot 191. Bibliography : Catalogue of the exhibition Orfèvrerie civile de Montpellier et du Languedoc, Musée languedocien, Montpellier, 1996, described and reproduced, n°3.