LILLE 1737 - 1738 Teapot in silver piriform posing on a frame. It is embossed with four alternate sides and four doucines on the lid bordered with gadroons. The handle in ebony wood (of later period) maintained by two discs molded with fillets. The spout ends with a bird's head extended by an imitation of feathers. Engraved with the letters E.G. on the reverse. Master goldsmith : Jacques-Philippe LEMAIRE, received in 1726 Condition : accident to the wood of the frétel Gross weight : 715 g - height : 20 cm Literature : Described and reproduced in the work of Mrs. Nicole CARTIER, Les orfèvres de Lille, Tome I, page 331 and Tome II, page under the number 253 page 630 LILLE 1737 - 1738 A silver teapot. Master silversmith: Jacques-Philippe LEMAIRE