Silver tureen

This piece is part of a set consisting of a terrine, a pair of tureens with trays and four silver ice buckets. They bear the hallmarks of Jacques-Nicolas Roettiers, who became a Master in 1765. The oval terrine and circular tureens share the same design: the containers have fluted sides and are encircled with a laurel branch and supported by sturdy consoles decorated with a frieze of coin-like motifs. Two laurel wreaths form the handles; a gadrooned dome forms the lid. They are placed on curved stands decorated with alternating grooves and laurel leaves. The ice buckets were inspired by ancient vases: they are gadrooned and fluted, decorated with a row of beads and a torus molding of laurel leaves and surrounded by garlands of ivy, the emblem of Bacchus.