Lot 231
  • 231

A pair of Louis XVI silver salts, a double salt and a pair of mustard pots, Marc-Etienne Janety, Paris, 1780-1781

Estimate
5,000 - 6,000 USD
bidding is closed

Description

  • marked on bases
  • Silver, glass
  • length of double salt 6 in.
  • 15.2cm
salts with openwork band of classical masks and female fauns linked by floral swags, the sides centered by ribbon-tied pendant reserves, matching double salt with urn handle, mustard pots on paw feet with openwork band of columns linked by floral swags with ribbon-tied fruit pendants, front with oval reserve, lid with bud finial, all with cobalt glass liners

Condition

one mustard pot with pin missing from hinge, liners with minor nicks to rims, otherwise all in good condition
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