Ambroise MIGEROT (active 1800-1818), Empyrean spice cabaret

hallmarked sterling silver (950), hallmarked (Association des Orfévres mark, French assay hallmark with rooster and sample 1, goldsmith's mark with AM monogram in rhombus), layered crystal glass;
H 32 cm, W 35 cm, D 13 cm; weight 671 g.
Paris, ca. 1809; decanters 1870s.
Spice cabaret on four legs and an oval gondola base with an openwork gallery decorated with arcading and a band of running waves and palmettes, on the shorter axis decorated with a blind cartouche flanked by a pair of griffins; the upper edge framed by a mottled band with a motif of palmettes; on the base set two openwork baskets for decanters decorated similarly to the gallery, in the middle a high handle in the shape of an obelisk topped with an artichoke, with rims for stoppers; decanters in the form of jugs made of cobalt, layered glass, polished in plant-geometric motifs.