Taste vin. Silver. Flat bowl with a low foot and rounded, smooth wall with a sculptural ring handle in the shape of a snake. Engraved on the edge of the wall is the owner's inscription "Silvain Viginier". Created by the master Pierre IX Hanappier (active from 1730). Weighs approximately 135g. Height is 2.3cm. Diameter is 8cm. Compare with Helft, number 690a, 691b, d, 133f; another wine tasting bowl by the same master is depicted in Abb. A on Pl. LXXXIX. A French Louis XV silver wine tasting bowl by Pierre IX Hanappier (active from 1730). With engraved owner's inscription. Assay marks and master's mark. France. Orleans. 1762-1764.