Pair of Console Cabinets (Bas d’armoire)

Attibuted to Master of the Reticulated Mounts

About 1730

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Silver teapot of oval form with beaded lower edge, the spout long and straight with small shoulder and short neck, the hinged, domed lid with beaded edge and wooden, mushroom knop with silver ball finial, the ear-shaped handle with curved thumb rest also wood, the main body heavily decorated with bright-cut engraved bands of stylized floral motifs at top and bottom and in the middle floral garlands and scrolls, on either side an empty oval reserve.
Box with blue decoration
Oval dark blue jasper intaglio with two robed figures
Circular silver salver set atop three cast claw and ball feet, with slightly raised gallery bordered with a band of beaded decoration, the interior is decorated with a bright-cut band of decoration comprised of a stylized leafy motif, in the middle an engraved crest consisting of a rampant lion holding a diamond within a round reserve bordered by scallops and leafy motifs extending from a ribbon below a leafy sprig.