Offered by Sylvie Lhermite-King
Works of art, silver, glass and furniture from 16th to 18th century
The pilgrim flask is decorated with Perseus killing Medusa on one side and Perseus rescuing Andromeda on the other.
Provenance:
Joseph Collection , Londres,
Its sale: Drouot, 8-9 March 1869, lot 47 (sold 720 Fr to Léon Gauchez) ;
Emile Gavet Collection, Paris,
Its sale: Galerie Georges Petit, 31 May 1897, lot 364 (sold 2050 Fr).
Bibliography:
Emile Molinier. Collection Emile Gavet. Catalogue raisonné. Paris 1889, pp.118-119, n°506 et pl. LII bis (showcase).
Condition:
Stopper missing (after 1897) and remade; one chip restored