American Art Association, Anderson Galleries; Salomon, William [Oth.]: Important eighteenth century French art (New York: American Art Association, 1928)

THE SALOMON COLLECTION

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274. Two Old Italian Silver Coffee-pots
Pear-shaped, with flutings; molded cover hinged at side. Loop handle
of wood.
Heights, 7 inches and 9V2 inches
275. Repousse Silver Toilet Box and Mirror
Oblong box, elaborately repousse with floral ornament; mirror with
silver back repousse to a Renaissance design.
276. Two-handled Silver Bowl and Italian Repousse
Silver Missal Cover
[a] Oval bonbon dish with two scrolled chimera-head handles and
broadly gadrooned sides, engraved with a coronet, [b] Book cover
in the Louis XIV style, repousse with elaborate symmetrical orna-
ment of rococo scrollings and strapwork, floral pendants, shells and
armorial cartouches, with monogram R F.
Lengths, [a], 9 inches; [b], 7 inches
lyj. Pair French Silver Candlesticks Louis XIV Style
Elaborately balustered shaft, enriched with acanthus leafage, rocaille
shells and festoons of blossoms, flaring into broad serpentine base
similarly enriched with period motives.
Height, 11% inches
278. Pair French Silver and Crystal Decanters
Tall channeled neck, etched with Louis XVI trophies. Mounted with
neck, median band, handle and foot in silver with strapwork orna-
ment, leaf scrollings, cartouches, etc., in the Louis XIV style.
Height, nYz inches
279. Pair Bavarian Silver Candlesticks
Plain leaf balustered shaft with gadrooned knop; octagonal molded
base with a border of gadrooning. Mark: Bravn.
Height, 9 inches
280. Sterling Silver Cake Basket London, 1899
Oval lattice-pierced basket with open scrolled edge interlacing with
festoons of leafage. Latticed loop handle with two caryatid figures.
Length, 14% inches