Jean-François VEYRAT (active 1831-1840), Candy platter with lid

crystal glass, partly gilded sterling silver, hallmarked (guarantee mark, state mark with old man's head and sample 1, goldsmith's mark partially legible VEYRAT - in rhombus); height 24.5 cm, width 22.5 cm, depth 14.5 cm.
Paris, 1831-1838.
Supported on four acanthus legs, on a square base and a round arched foot decorated with a mottled band of acanthus leaves and passing into a short stem decorated with large leaves; on it supported a crystal glass bowl with polished and faceted geometric decoration. The silver-framed teapot with tall acanthus handles on the sides, framed at the top by a silver rim with a turned-up edge decorated with a floral motif. The cap is arched, topped with a leafy circular handle, on an acanthus rosette.