A Pair Of Louis XV Silver Entrée Dishes, Edmé-Pierre Balzac, Paris, 1771
Auction Closed
January 30, 06:14 PM GMT
Estimate
4,000 - 6,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
shaped-rectangular form, with reeded rims and engraved with a coat-of-arms, marked on undersides and rims
56 oz.; 1741 g
length 10 3/4 in.; 27.5 cm
Edme-Pierre Balzac (1705-1786) was one of the leading Parisian silversmiths of the 18th century. He became "privileged goldsmith of the Court" in 1739 and continued working until 1781. Some of his most famous works are pieces in the Penthièvre-Orléans Service. The service, including works by Thomas Germain in the 1720s, acquired fourteen additions by Balzac from 1757-61. It was inherited in 1821 by Louis-Philippe, Duc d'Orléans, and is regarded as the only royal French silver service to survive. A soup tureen by Balzac belonging to the service is in tᩚꦏᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚhe Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York (48.187.418a–c).
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