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Lot 209 Dα

A Parisian silver gilt ecuelle in its casket

Auction 1182 - overview Cologne
15.07.2021, 11:00 - The Exceptional Bernard De Leye Collection
Estimate: 10.000 € - 12.000 €
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A Parisian silver gilt ecuelle in its casket

Comprising an ecuelle, plate, fork and spoon. The ecuelle resting on three paw feet over a round plinth with a frieze of stiff foliage. The outer surface with Neoclassical relief appliqués and with handles terminating in finely chased lion's heads. The slightly domed lid with a matte pine cone finial in the centre. The rim of the plate with corresponding decoration, the cutlery with Neoclassical relief décor on sable ground. The lid of the ecuelle, the plate, and the cutlery all engraved with the arms of alliance of the Durfort-Civrat de Lorge and du Bouchet de Sourches de Tourzel families. Housed in a red silk lined leather case with gold embossing. H of ecuelle 17; diameter of plate 20.8 cm, total weight 1,093 g.
Paris, the ecuelle and plate with marks of Sixte-Simon Rion, 1809 – 19; the cutlery with marks of Léonard Chatenet, 1819 - 38.

Emeric de Durfort-Civrac, Duc de Lorge (1802 - 1879) was married on January 15th 1823 to Emilie du Bouchet de Sourches de Tourzel (1802 – 1844). She was a granddaughter of the famous Madame de Tourzel, governess to the four children of Louis XVI and Marie-Antoinette, who later described the last days of the Ancient Regime and the royal couple in her memoirs.