A large Kortrijk silver hot chocolate pot - image-1
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Lot 780 Dα

A large Kortrijk silver hot chocolate pot

Auction 1152 - overview Cologne
29.05.2020, 14:00 - Decorative Arts
Estimate: 7.000 € - 8.000 €

A large Kortrijk silver hot chocolate pot

Pear form vessel on three scroll feet. With wooden handle and subtle Louis XVI decor. The finial formed as an acorn. H 34 cm, weight 1,138 g.
Marks of Charles-Philip Desmit, 1776.

Provenance

From an old South German private collection.

Literature

Cf. a pair of sauce boats by this maker illus. in cat.: Mesterwerken in Zilver uit Privé-Verzamelingen, Gent 1985, no. 232.