Louvre acquires tureens made for George III
SOTHEBY’S Paris have announced that they have negotiated a private treaty sale to the Louvre for an undisclosed sum of a pair of silver tureens, covers, liners and stands by the French goldsmith Robert-Joseph Auguste.
The tureens, marked for Paris 1778-1780 and weighing 1411oz, formed part of a grand dinner service m…