Round silver bowl and its lid. The body, plain,... Lot 173

Round silver bowl and its lid. The body, plain, is decorated with ears with contours bordered with gadroons and chiseled with a large motif of shells and rocaille bordered with scrolls. The cover, with doucine, is bordered of nets and a frieze chiseled of scrolls and flowers on a bitter bottom. The bell is chiseled with a wide band decorated with shells, crosses, scrolls and flowers on an amati background, the top engraved with nets. The knob is decorated with a draped female bust turned to the left on an amati background. The edge of the body and the inside of the lid are engraved .I.P. Master-goldsmith Claude-Eustache FAVIER, received in 1732. Paris, 1738-1739 (very small wear of the amati, the edge of the body probably formerly degraded and reshaped, small marks on the ears. The end of one of the ears presents a tiny deformation). Length : 30,6 cm - Diameter : 18,2 cm - Weight : 935,5 g