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Pot à Sucre (Sugar Bowl) and Sallière à deux (Double Salt Cellar), plate 53, in Elements d'Orfevrerie (Elements of Goldsmithing), Second Part
Pierre Germain, French, 1703 - 1783 and Jacques Jean Pasquier, French, died 17851748
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
New York, United States
Two objects: lower, double bowl made by large shells with lids, an X above a shield with stars and crown divides the bowls. Above, tureen with gourd-like appearance with shell-shaped lid and finial made of flowers. Foot is a shell.
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- Title: Pot à Sucre (Sugar Bowl) and Sallière à deux (Double Salt Cellar), plate 53, in Elements d'Orfevrerie (Elements of Goldsmithing), Second Part
- Creator: Pierre Germain, French, 1703 - 1783, Jacques Jean Pasquier, French, died 1785
- Date Created: 1748
- Location Created: France
- Original Source: http://collection.cooperhewitt.org/view/objects/asitem/id/30887
- Medium: Etching on laid paper
- Credit line: Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council
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