BAYONNE 1748 - 1753 Covered silver bowl with two handles melted chiseled on an amatized background of scrolls framing a female bust. The body is plain, the lid engraved with a coat of arms and a geometrical frieze and leaves on a bitter background on the socket. The grip, with rows of nets, is surmounted by a female profile. The body, on the reverse, is engraved P.D. between three stars. Master goldsmith : Jean-Baptiste DELANE, 1717 - 1807 married in 1750 Catherine LESSEPS, whose brother Martin is the ancestor of the builder of the Suez Canal Ferdinand de Lesseps. Weight : 735 g - diameter at the handles : 29,4 cm Stamped on the circumference of the body, the ears and the lid without hallmark We thank Mr. Jean Clarke de Dromantin for the information provided to identify this bowl.