Trembled with traces of antique silver gilding. Gross: 829 grams. Round base on a square pedestal with a short stem and a pear-shaped vessel with a hinged lid on it. A finely crafted, punctured and hand-engraved Rococo scene on his mantle: the figure of Cupid, flying above a wheat field and clouds, stretching his bow and a putto holding victory laurel wreaths. Lion's head, embossed and punched at the front, rows of palmettes rolled at the edges. Sculptural acanthus leaves on the neck and plant ornaments punctured and engraved in frieze. With black-painted wooden pliers ending in Bacchus head and grapevine on the side. Marked on the neck and pedestal: Paris, 1793-1798, Nicolas Modoux (?) Master's mark, and, after 1838, a French resealing and Paris warranty mark.
PROTECTED! (NO EXPORT!)
