"Auger Pierre : Rare Large Chased Tulip Cup In Solid Silver Sens 1727-45"
Rare 18th century French solid silver tulip cup resting on a foot with a gadroon frieze. Magnificent chiseled decoration under the threaded neck with an upper frieze alternating festoons of roses and eagles, and the lower part with shell lambrequins and grid alternating with tabs of flowers, all on an amati background. Engraved in small characters "A HEBRAND". Hallmark for SENS 1727-45 (S Crowned) and Hallmark repeated twice by Master Goldsmith Pierre AUGER born in 1698 and received to practice in Sens in 1727. Large Louis XV period SENS tulip cup in very good condition and well hallmarked, beautiful freshness of the chiseling, micro-scratches of use. For informed collector ... Do not take into account the reflections on the photos.
Height : 9.5 cm
Diameter (at the rim) : 8.4 cm
Weight : 116.6 grams
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