Boin -Taburet – Solid silver set of four dishes, two sauceboats, and a dish

Superb set consisting of a pair of oval dishes, a pair of round dishes, a pair of sauceboats, and a covered vegetable dish, all entirely in the style of the Transition between Louis XV and Louis XVI. The lobed edges of the dishes feature a strong gadrooned frieze with prominent scrolls centered with acanthus leaves. The handles of the gravy boats are composed of deeply carved acanthus leaves with a scrolling motif, the leaves worked in contrast with amati for the foliage and polished for the veins. The covered vegetable dish is of generous size, circular in shape, with a lip adorned with a triple-moulded band enhanced with scrolls, the body with two substantial scrolling handles decorated with prominent acanthus leaves, a beaded bud on the finial, and the cover with a fluted rim topped with an important finial in the shape of a naturalistic burst pomegranate and foliage in amati.

Marks
• First standard hallmark (Minerva 1st title).
• Silversmith: BOIN-TABURET.

Measurements
• Pair of oval dishes: L. 47 cm;
• Pair of round dishes: D. 33 cm;
• Pair of sauceboats: L. 24 cm;
• Vegetable dish: L. 27 cm.

Total weight: 8372 grams.