A PAIR OF FRENCH SILVER VEGETABLE-DISHES AND COVERS
MARK OF JEAN-BAPTISTE FAMECHON, PARIS, CIRCA 1800
Each tapering cylindrical and with twin loop handles with foliate terminals, the domed cover with pineapple finial, one engraved underneath with an inscription, each engraved with a facsimilie signature 'Napoleon', each marked underneath, at rim, inside cover, on cover bezels, the finials apparently unmarked
9¼ in. (24 cm.) wide over handles
58 oz. (1,806 gr.)
The inscription reads 'Offert en souvenoir de mon mariage à mon notaire M. Ernest Nottin. notaire à Paris Bruxelles, Moncaliéri 7/14 Novembre 1910' (2)
A PAIR OF FRENCH SILVER VEGETABLE-DISHES AND COVERS
MARK OF JEAN-BAPTISTE FAMECHON, PARIS, CIRCA 1800
Each tapering cylindrical and with twin loop handles with foliate terminals, the domed cover with pineapple finial, one engraved underneath with an inscription, each engraved with a facsimilie signature 'Napoleon', each marked underneath, at rim, inside cover, on cover bezels, the finials apparently unmarked
9¼ in. (24 cm.) wide over handles
58 oz. (1,806 gr.)
The inscription reads 'Offert en souvenoir de mon mariage à mon notaire M. Ernest Nottin. notaire à Paris Bruxelles, Moncaliéri 7/14 Novembre 1910' (2)
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