A Louis Xv Silver Soup Tureen, Cover and Stand

Of stylised shell form, the cast tureen resting on cast bunches of celery, onions and a carrot with leaves extending to form handles, the body chased with swirling flutes and stylised encrustations, with later liner, the cover of conforming stylised shell form, decorated with cast models of a duck, a crab, a fish, an oyster, and a snail amongst an artichoke and other leafy vegetables, the cartouche-form stand chased with radiating rocaille and with an undulating border of asymmetrical scrolls, supported on one side by a bunch of salsify with veined leaves, marked on body, cover, and stand, further signed on each part Meissonnier, Meiss=er, and Fait par I A Meissonier Architectte, the later liner engraved Ubaldo Vitali fecit-MCMXCVIII

Estimate:$5,303,880

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