PARIS 1771 - 1772 - Lot 19

PARIS 1771 - 1772 Silver tulip-shaped kettledrum with sconces. It rests on a pedestal chased with gadroons, the middle part of the body is underlined by a wide rush under which are arranged two models of lambrequin and lanceolate leaf appliques. Master goldsmith : Charles-Joseph FONTAINE, received in 1765 Weight: 147 g - height: 11.1 cm Henri NOCQ, in his work on Parisian master goldsmiths, reproduces a timbale with sconces from the David-Weill collection dated 1770 - 1771 by the same goldsmith, the sconces with reed motifs, no amati background, the pedestal embossed with gadroons. Spectrometer: timbale: Ag: 94.1, Cu: 3.5, Au: 0.4, Pb: 0.22 - sconces: Ag: 95.9, Cu: 3.7, Pb: 0.1, Au: 0.1