A FRENCH SILVER EWER, PIERRE-JACQUES MEURICE, PARIS, 1819-38

SOLD WITHOUT RESERVE

A FRENCH SILVER EWER

PIERRE-JACQUES MEURICE, PARIS

1819-38

oviform body flat-chased with palm leaves alternating with stylized flower sprays, applied with a band of swans, reeds and masks, the lip applied with a ribbon-tied spray of bull rushes, the handle modelled as a winged bacchante with twin fish tails

marked near top rim and foot rim

30 oz

933 g

height 13 3/4 in.

35 cm