CHRISTOFLE & Cie - Lot 45

Lot n° 45
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800 - 1200 EUR
CHRISTOFLE & Cie - Lot 45
CHRISTOFLE & Cie Baluster-shaped silver-plated vase with rich antique-style decoration of Bacchic scenes. It features various characters and attributes, including foliage friezes, vines, horns of plenty, Mercury's head, Bacchus mascarons, rams' heads in relief and foliage friezes. Reserved decoration of two winegrowers signed F. LEVILLAIN ( Ferdinand Levillain 1837-1905) on the obverse. Inscription: "Ministère de l'Agriculture - Concours Régional Agricole de Toulouse 1895 - VITICULTURE - Mr JOSEPH MARCEL - À Sourouille près Fonsorbes" on reverse. Set on a square quadripod base. Numbered: 1659326. H. Height : 30 cm. Neck diameter: 13.8 cm Dim. base : 11 x 11 cm A photo of this vase is reproduced in Henri Bouilhet's volume 3, "L'orfèvrerie française aux XVIIIe et XIXe siècles", (page 187).
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