Offered by Ouaiss Antiquités
Silver and cut-crystal confiturier in Medici-shape decorated with two handles with floral motifs and volutes end in a swan's head. .The silver frame is adorned with laurel leaves and stylized palmettes. The confiturier dish rests on a raised foot adorned with four leaning dolphins placed on a finely chiseled square base with a floral frieze. Four feet with foliage motifs support the set. The removable lid is topped with a flower.Twelve vermeil spoons are organized around the confiturier bowl and are held by a silver display. French Restauration. Circa 1820-1830.
Total weight: 55.16oz (1564 g).
French silver marks for the confiturier:
Head of Cérès 1819-1838.
Head of Old man:1819-1838.
Giraffe head: 1835-1838.
Silversmith: Pierre Auguste Courtois 1819-1838.
French silver marks for the vermeil spoon:
Head of Old man:1819-1838.
Meduse mark.
Silversmith: Charles Josse Walgrave 1819-1838.