Details
Bombé oval with gadrooned rim and raised on four paw feet headed by wild lion masks, each side applied with a cartouche engraved with a coat-of-arms within an elaborate foliate and rocaille mantle, with two foliate scroll loop handles centered by shells, the domed cover with gadrooned border and fully modeled leafy pomegranate finial, engraved on both sides with a lizard crest, with removable silver-plated liner, marked on underside and cover, the finial apparently unmarked
1412 in. (36.8 cm.) long, over handles
135 oz. 2 dwt. (4,201.6 gr.) weighable silver
Provenance
Possibly for Rev. Charles Richard Landon (1766-1834) of Cheshunt, Hertfordshire.
Anonymous sale; Christie's, Paris, 6 November 2015, lot 792.
Literature
D. Goethals de Mude, Magie de l'orfèvrerie. Vol. II, Faste et élégance, cinq siècles d'orfèvrerie européenne dans les collections privées, Brussels, 2004, p. 252, no. 244.
Exhibited
ING Centre Culturel, Brussels, Magie de l'orfèvrerie. Vol. II, Faste et élégance, cinq siècles d'orfèvrerie européenne dans les collections privées, 23 March - 31 May 2004.
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The coat-of-arms and crest are those of Landon, possibly for Rev. Charles Richard Landon (1766-1834) of Cheshunt, Hertfordshire.

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