A FRENCH SILVER OIL & VINEGAR CRUET
MARK OF MARGUERITE PICQUE, PARIS, 1ST STANDARD, 1798/1809
Of canoe form with pierced sides on 4 short column feet, drop ring handles, serpent bottle-stopper holders on either side, the pierced sides incorporating monogrammed shields, pierced receivers holding later blue glass bottles adapted for use as an inkstand, the bottles with sympathetically-modelled, unmarked, silver mounts with serpent ring finials
9 in. long (23 cm.)
Weighable silver 14 oz.(434 gm.)
A FRENCH SILVER OIL & VINEGAR CRUET
MARK OF MARGUERITE PICQUE, PARIS, 1ST STANDARD, 1798/1809
Of canoe form with pierced sides on 4 short column feet, drop ring handles, serpent bottle-stopper holders on either side, the pierced sides incorporating monogrammed shields, pierced receivers holding later blue glass bottles adapted for use as an inkstand, the bottles with sympathetically-modelled, unmarked, silver mounts with serpent ring finials
9 in. long (23 cm.)
Weighable silver 14 oz.(434 gm.)
