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Antoine-Sébastien Durand (Master 1740)
Paris, c. 1745-55
Silver
H. 28 x W. 58 x D. 45 cm; 9.35 kg
Inv. no. 2381
This dish cover, called at the time a cloche à la matelote, was designed to preserve food, the type usually being alluded to by the decoration on the top: in this case a still life of fish, shellfish and fishing symbols on a bed of seaweed. A sculptural composition, remarkable not only for its originality but also for its daring and magnificent architectural sense, as well as the perfection of the workmanship, attesting to the consummate skill of its author.
This piece was part of the Penthiévre-Orléans Service and on the base bears the coat-of-arms of Louis-Philippe, Duke of Orléans, future king, the son of Louis-Philippe of Orléans, called Philippe-Égalité, of and his wife Adelaide de Bourbon, daughter of the Duke of Penthèvre and grand-daughter of Louis XV.
A selection of 18th century-pieces in the Calouste Gulbenkian Collection
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