£4,800
Henri Auguste. A Louis XVI silver soup tureen and stand, 1789, the hemispherical bowl chased with a band of palmettes, having beaded borders and handles, on egg-and-dart foot, the gadrooned oval stand with scallop shells and acanthus leaves at intervals, on four bowled lion monopodia, engraved with armorials, 25cm h, 43.5cm l, foot engraved Auguste Fils Orfevre du Roi A Paris 1789, scratch weights 133ozs 18dwts (tureen, presumably including cover) and 92ozs 18dwts (stand), 158ozs
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