A vermeil ewer with pedestal and basin, the baluster-shaped - Lot 169

A vermeil ewer with pedestal and basin, the baluster-shaped ewer decorated at the base with palmettes, mid-body with a frieze of swans terminating in scrolls and fruit cups on an amati background between two rows of pearls, the pedestal and neck decorated with water-leaf friezes, the grip in the form of a winged mermaid holding a bunch of grapes, the circular basin with the same decoration. Goldsmith : L.R RUCHMANN, registered in 1811-1812. 1809-1819 (1st title), repunched in 1819-1838 (old man's head) and stamped with a Greek woman's head and the letter P for 1793-1794, unofficial stamp used by the Association des Maîtres Orfèvres parisiens from 1793 to 1797, of no value from a warranty point of view, as it is found 50 years later on Parisian pieces. Engraved under the pedestal: "Offered to Mademoiselle Jeanne d'Osmond / by the Fermiers de la terre de Pontchartrain / on May 27, 1827". Ewer weight: 1168 g and H. 37.5 cm Weight of basin: 868 g and D. 31.5 cm, total weight: 2036 g Shock to the spout, micro-scratches from use. Note: This ewer and its basin were offered on the occasion of the birth of Jeanne d'Osmond (1827-1899), daughter of Charles Eustache Gabriel dit Rainulphe d'Osmond and Marie Louise Aimée Caroillon des Tillières, owner of Château de Pontchartrain until 1853. A similar ewer by Marc-Augustin LEBRUN is in the Musée Condé, Chantilly.