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Egyptian style Candy dish in silver, Empire period

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Egyptian style Candy dish in silver, Empire period

€4300

Era: Empire period.
Materials: silver.
Dim: H 9.44in. (24 cm)/ D 5.11in. (13 cm).
Weight: 880 gr.
Title mark: rooster 1798-1809.
Guarantee mark: Man’s head 1809.
Master goldsmith’s mark: Jean Pierre Chauvin.
 

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Early 19th century silver drageoir or candy dish adorned with Egyptian head and on the collar with openwork palmette motifs. On the two spiral handles are suspended two twisted rings. The base is decorated with curving tubular patterns. The removable lid features floral finial. The interior of the candy dish is entirely lined with vermeil. The candy dish is characteristic of the Egyptian style that developed after the return of the Egyptian campaigns of Napoleon the first. With the «Description of Egypt» appears in the decorative arts Egyptian patterns like sphinxes or pharaohs. This style lasts only a short time and is replaced by the Empire style.

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Egyptian style Candy dish in silver, Empire period

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