Beautiful And Rare Pewter Pitcher - Bayeux (lower Normandy), 18th Century

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Pewter pitcher with a shoulder shape, flared base, straight oblique cup and acorn thumb. It is decorated with turned threads. Control mark: crowned ff / 1714 / C.DE BAYEUX. (for Contrôle de Bayeux)
D.PILET's mark, master before 1770: bunch of grapes / 1770 / D.PILET / BX (BX for Bayeux)
Capacity: 0.914 liters
Height: 22 cm.
BAYEUX, Late 18th century

Rare Lower Normandy provenance; only 7 examples have been found in the last fifty years.
Very beautiful condition and quality and bears the master and control marks.
This is the Lower Normandy type II called "shouldered". Let us recall in passing that these pitchers were the official wine measures of the Ancien Régime.
Bibliography:
"Les étains normands" by Jean-Claude Commenchal
"Les pichetrs d'étain" by Charles Boucaud

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GUARANTEE

As a former professor at IDETH (Institute for Technical and Historical Studies of the Art Object)
As a former professor at EAC (School of Art and Communication)
As a former member of the UFE (French Union of Experts)

As a pewter expert for over 40 years, I guarantee the authenticity of the object described above. A detailed descriptive invoice with a photograph will be provided to the buyer upon request.

PAYMENT

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IBAN: FR76 3002 7160 2700 0206 4620 173
BIC: CMCIFRPP

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