Creator(s): Unknown
Currently in storage
About this object
The bottom of the bowl is a silver coin of Louis XV dated 1726, much worn. The sides of the bowl are covered with gadrooning and indentations or bosses. The handle is in the form of two intertwined serpents, cross-hatched.
Detailed information for this item
- Catalog number:
- 12.250
- Class:
- SILVER
- Signature marks:
- DATE; INSCRIPTION; COAT OF ARMS on front of coin: LUD XV DG FR ET... REX, on back: BENEDICTUM 1726 SIT NOM E...INI coat of arms: shield with three fleur de lys
- Credit line:
- Bequest of Marjorie Merriweather Post, 1973