Large covered round tureen and lining in silver, resting on - Lot 6

Large covered round tureen and lining in silver, resting on a chased ribs pedestal with a molded edge of gadroons, shells and foliage. The body is chased with ribs, the rim molded with an identical frieze, and two handles molded with fillets. The lid is chased with ribs, the ring grip crowned with shells resting on a terrace of vine shoots, bunches of grapes and ears of wheat, the lining plain with two kidney-shaped grips, the body, lid and lining engraved with a coat of arms stamped with a Count's crown. The arms are those of the Marquis de Tillière and the Saint-Souplet family, for Antoine Albert Taupinart, Marquis de Tillière (1812-1890), who married Adrienne de Guillemeau de Saint-Souplet on June 25, 1840. Minerve hallmark - Goldsmith's hallmark: Marc Augustin LEBRUN Weight: 3,907 g - H: 29 cm. Provenance: Sotheby's, n°194 of the sale of March 28, 2007.