Rare French Charles-Denis-Noel-Martin solid sterling silver covered compote or tureen, circa 1830, 38.65 t. oz.
Diameter: 9.5"
Height (with lid): 10"

Provenance: Estate of Roger Prigent.

Roger Prigent
NYTimes Obit: Roger Prigent, who gave up a promising career in fashion photography when his eyesight began to fail three decades ago and who became a prominent Manhattan antiques dealer, leading a popular new wave in French Empire furnishings, died on Saturday in Manhattan. He was 89.

Mr. Prigent, a colleague of Richard Avedon, whom he idolized, photographed the great modeling swans of Diane von Furstenberg and other postwar designers for the covers of and glossy spreads in Vogue, Harpers Bazaar, McCalls and The Ladies Home Journal for nearly 30 years, from the early 1950s to the late 1970s.Editors said his imaginative camera, moving from studios to the sidewalks of New York, Paris, Rome and other capitals of fashion, elongated the giraffe neck of Suzy Parker and with a simple wisp of veil lent mystery to the elegant eyes of Dovima, even as the models swimsuits, sheaths, wraps, furs, bags, shoes and hats crept subconsciously into the mind. Mr. Prigents subjects for the covers of TV Guide were mainstays of entertainment: Sonny and Cher, Johnny Carson, Dick Cavett, Leslie Uggams and his photographs lighted the covers of record albums by Barbra Streisand, Alice Cooper and others.

Good condition overall, clear lacquer originally put on years ago over the surface to prevent tarnishing has partially worn off, causing areas where the surface has tarnished and areas not tarnished.