A Louis Xiv Silver Sugar Caster

Elongated vase-form on circular foot, flat-chased with frieze of scrolls on matted ground, the lower body applied with lambrequins interspersed with flat-chased festoons of bird and arabesques under a pronounced gadrooned rib, the neck with flat-chased Régence ornament, the bayonet-mounted cover pierced with trellis and engraved foliate motifs, with bud finial, engraved with a coat-of- arms beneath a coronet, marked underneath the foot with maker; on flange with decharge; inside the body and cover with charge, date-letter (Q) and maker; on bayonet with decharge; with black painted David-Weill number D.W. 2131

Estimate:£10,000

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