Tag: Antoine-Sébastien Durand

Silver with a slightly impish touch by 18th century French silverworker Antoine-Sébastien Durand.

Mustard pots in the form of small boys pushing wheelbarrows containing barrels (detail). 1751-52.
Mustard pots in the form of small boys or putti pushing wheelbarrows containing barrels with spoons (detail). Made for Madame de Pompadour. 1751-52. Silver. Image ©2019 Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation. Fair use license. via https://gulbenkian.pt/museu/en/works_museu/pair-of-mustard-pots/
Cloche à la matelote with a still life of fish and seaweed. Part of the service Penthièvre-Orléans. 1745-55.
Cloche à la matelote with a still life of fish and seaweed. Part of the service Penthièvre-Orléans. 1745-55. ©2019 Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation. Fair use license. via https://gulbenkian.pt/museu/en/works_museu/dish-cover/
Salière. Child with oysters on either side that open up containing salt.
Salière. Child with oysters on either side that open up containing salt. .Part of the service Penthièvre-Orléans. © Musée du Louvre, dist. RMN – Grand Palais. Photo credit: Martine Beck-Coppola. Fair use license. via https://www.louvre.fr/en/mediaimages/saliere