Early Spoons, Silver and Collectors' Items - 26th January 2005

Lot 379

A late 18th century French provincial wine taster

Estimate £600 - £800 | Hammer £580

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Description

A late 18th century French provincial wine taster , with a shallow bowl chased with stylized bunches of grapes and inscribed `JN.ME.ROUX' a ring handle, formed by two linked serpents, maker's mark `IB'over `G' lyons, 1787, 3.2in (8cm diameter), 3oz.