Silver broth bowl, by Philippe-Joseph Beschand

An image of Broth bowl and cover/écuelle. Beschand, Philippe-Joseph, silversmith (French). The shallow bowl with flat bottom has two cast shaped-triangular lug handles, which are decorated with a shell on a matted ground . The domed cover is chased with a border of decorative gadroons round the flattened spherical knop, which is set with a coin of Louis XVI. The bowl and cover are engraved with a coat-of-arms. The bowl and cover are raised. The handles are cast and soldered to the bowl. The decoration is embossed and/or chased. Silver, height, to top of knop, 11.7 cm, width, across handles, 28.8 cm, diameter, bowl, 17 cm, weight, whole, 587 g, circa 1733-1734. Louis XV. Rococo.

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Broth bowl and cover/écuelle. Beschand, Philippe-Joseph, silversmith (French). The shallow bowl with flat bottom has two cast shaped-triangular lug handles, which are decorated with a shell on a matted ground . The domed cover is chased with a border of decorative gadroons round the flattened spherical knop, which is set with a coin of Louis XVI. The bowl and cover are engraved with a coat-of-arms. The bowl and cover are raised. The handles are cast and soldered to the bowl. The decoration is embossed and/or chased. Silver, height, to top of knop, 11.7 cm, width, across handles, 28.8 cm, diameter, bowl, 17 cm, weight, whole, 587 g, circa 1733-1734. Louis XV. Rococo.

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Accession Number: MAR.M.68A-1912
Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
Aperture: f/32.0
Focal length: 50
Camera: Canon EOS 5D
Photographer name: Michael Jones
Image height: 620 pixels
Image width: 970 pixels
Processed with: Adobe Photoshop CS6 (Windows)
Filesize: 360.10kB
Exposure time: 1/100
ISO Speed: 100
Fnumber: 32/1
Captured: 2008:11:07 13:05:22

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