Set of seven silver-plated copper table bells (doubled). FRA - Lot 40

Set of seven silver-plated copper table bells (doubled). FRANCE, 19th century. Circular models. Plated/doubled hallmarks. - Single bell with projecting rim topped by a handle with acanthus leaves and leafy scrolls. Marked c[uiv]re argente on the rim. Slight dents. - Plain bell with groove and bulge surmounted by a fruit-shaped grip on its leafy terrace. Deformed rim. - Bell by François LEVRAT, 1st quarter 19th century, girdled by a wide projecting band with twisted gadroons, topped by an acorn-shaped grip with gadrooned base, terrace bordered by a gadrooned frieze. Shock marks and slight indentation of the terrace. - Curved bell with pinched sides and accolades, molded rim. Vine-shaped handle. Coat-of-arms applied to the middle of the body, stamped with a marquis's crown and supported by two rampant lions. - Cloche with pinched rim and molded rim, topped by a flower-shaped grip on a leafy terrace. - Pair of bells, topped by an acorn-shaped socket with gadrooned base, radiating gadroon terrace, water-leaf border. Slight depression of the terrace, trace of soldering and minor knocks. Overall: wear to the silvering. D medium : 26 cm