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Sugar bowl and cover

Francois-Thomas Germain

silver-gilt

1766

15.4 cm height

Inscription/Mark: worn mark inclusive a cursive 'A', possibly Rosenberg (3) no. 6514 (struck on the base)
Inscription/Mark: third worn mark (struck on the base)
Inscription/Mark: later control mark (struck on the base, on the rim and on two on the flange of the cover (4))
Inscription/Mark: inventory number '544' (stamped on the base)
Inscription/Mark: arms of the Barberini, Counts of France and Italy
Maker's mark: 'FT' over 'G', for Francois-Thomas Germain (struck on the base)

Provenance: 

Place of Creation: Paris

WA2013.1.345

Sugar bowl, silver-gilt, ellaborately decorated in relief with scrollwork, foliage and flowers. Two rising scrolling handles, the detachable lid has spiral gadroons and a fruit finial. The bowl is engraved in a cartouche on each side with arms, a fess between three bees, beneath a coronet, identified by M. Wellby as for Barberini, Counts of France and Italy.

Literature: Marc Rosenberg, Der Goldschmiede Merkzeichen (Frankfurt, 1922-28)

Bequeathed by Michael Wellby, 2012.