French State snaps up Renaissance silver hoard
A “ONCE-in-a-century” discovery of Renaissance silver has been bought by the French State for 1.4m euros – less than a week before it was due to go on sale at Sotheby’s in Paris.
The 31-piece trove was unearthed on November 11, 2006 in Pouilly-sur-Meuse, a tiny village in Lorrai…