Silver mustard pot and lid with lattice decoration, resting - Lot 189

Silver mustard pot and lid with lattice decoration, resting on a square base with gadroon decoration, the frieze taking the form of a bread apple. Poinçon premier coq (1798-1809) and poinçon de garantie vieillard. 19th century Goldsmith Nicolas-Richard MASSON, received in 1798, Parisian goldsmith with store at 44, quai des Orfèvres, Nicolas-Richard MASSON received a large number of commissions from ecclesiastical institutions, whose pieces are currently listed in the Inventaire Général des Monuments Historiques, classified as such, or in the Inventaire Général du Patrimoine Culturel. These are mainly pieces of religious silverware made for churches in Auvergne, Aquitaine, Burgundy, Brittany, Champagne-Ardenne, Hautes-Alpes, Haute-Normandie, Languedoc-Roussillon, Lorraine, Ile-de-France, and such distinguished institutions as the Cathedral of Saint-Pierre in Beauvais, the Grand Séminaire in Saint-Brieuc or the sanctuary known as Notre-Dame de Grâce in Rochefort. H. 13 cm Weight : 114,65 Please ask for the condition reports before the sale: they are not included in the files.