LILLE 1747 - 1748Silver oil pan (grid missing) with two side handles. Rectangular in shape with an eight-sided embossed doucine, it rests on four feet with chiselled scrolls of flowers falling on an amati background. It is engraved around the rim with alternating garlanded exotic fruits, including pineapples and pomegranates, and geometrical decorations enhanced with quatrefoils. Weight : 767,79 g Length with the handles : 26 cm - width : 15,3 cmPoinçons au reversMaster goldsmith : François RICOURT, received in 1733Bibliography : This basin is reproduced in the work of Mrs Nicole CARTIER : Les Orfèvres de Lille, tome 2, page 649 under the number 288 . Provenance : Sale Paris, Drouot, Me Couturier and de Nicolay, November 13, 1985 under the number 161 .