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Production: Bacquet, Etienne
Pewter caster with a cylindrical body and reeded base. Pierced screw top with 'collar-stud' finial. The body is engraved with a coat of arms of a man and wife with above, a visored helm crest.
Marked with Ship '1680', and in cartouche silver 'ETIN-FIN'
A.F. de Navarro Bequest
Height: 17 cm
Method of acquisition: Given (1933) by Navarro, Mary Anderson de, Madame Navarro, J. M. de
18th Century, Early#
Louis XIV (1638-1715)
Probably
1696
CE
-
1697
CE
Etienne Bacquet was received as a master pewterer n Paris on 9 February 1680. He died on 26 December 1713.
Label text from the exhibition ‘Feast and Fast: The Art of Food in Europe, 1500–1800’, on display at The Fitzwilliam Museum from 26 November 2019 until 31 August 2020: Sugar caster with two unidentified coats-of-arms Étienne Bacquet, Paris, 1696 Pewter A.F. de Navarro Bequest (NAV.182-1933)
Accession number: NAV.182-1933
Primary reference Number: 125395
1680
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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Accession Number: C.1803-1928
Accession Number: PD.109-1973.20
Accession Number: GR.10.1964
Accession Number: C.2311-1928
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