XXI° century Italian Solid Silver Vegetable dish in Baroque Style

Oval vegetable dish with tray in solid 800 silver in baroque style made entirely by hand. The tray is oval, hammered and polished with pumice stone with a smooth bottom and embossed ...

Large oval tureen with Torchon Baroque style plate. The plate, suitable and balanced in proportions to perfectly contain the tureen, is also oval with a smooth central part and a lar...

A fine French 19th century Louis XV st. Sterling silver tureen from Maison Odiot, stamped PR - Maison ODIOT PRÉVOST & Cie. 1449 with its original fitted insert. The tureen displays a most charming and decorative shape with tied reeded handles at each side. The removable lid displays a richly chased and wonderfully executed choux-fleur top finial with detailed leaves and a fine tied reeded design at the rim. The originally fitted insert lifts out by two small tabs.

Crafted by French master silversmith Jean-Baptiste-François Chéret, this period Louis XV tureen boasts exceptional decoration, including delicate and refined engraving, shell and acanthus accents, and a remarkably detailed cast finial of cauliflower, celery and carrots. Thanks to a very strict guild system, French silver has always been among the finest in the world. It was also subject to the various fiscal crises of the late 17th and 18th centuries, as both Louis XIV and Louis XV issued edicts demanding that all silver be brought to the mint for melting, with the resulting coin to be used to replenish depleted state treasuries. French silver from this extravagant era survives only in relatively small quantities, and is thus in great demand by collectors. The tureen is marked on the interior lid and underside. The large object charge mark identified as a crown over the letter “A...