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A Gold-Mounted Agate Chocolate Cup with Saucer, France, 1732-1738

Estimate

15,000 - 25,000 USD

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A Gold-Mounted Agate Chocolate Cup with Saucer, France, 1732-1738


both carved in caramel and cream coloured semi-translucent striated agate, the chocolate cup with a gold rim to top and a stepped gold footrim, the saucer with matching mounts,

apparently unmarked apart from discharge mark of Hubert Louvet (1732-1738),

Height, Cup: 1 ½ in.; 3.8 cm

Height, Saucer: ¾ in.; 1.9 cm.

Jean-Baptiste-Pierre Lebrun, Paris, 11 April 1791;

Private Collection, France;

J Kugel Antiquaires;

From whom acquired by the present collector, 9 May 2022