Lucien BONVALLET (designer) & Ernest CARDEILHAC (master - Lot 305

Lucien BONVALLET (designer) & Ernest CARDEILHAC (master silversmith) Silver covered sugar bowl / bonbonnière decorated with slightly raised box leaves and incised foliage. It features two handles with thumb rests. Fretel in carved wood forming a flower, the petals in silver. Gilt interior. Set on a ringed pedestal (recall motif on the lid). Art Nouveau period. Minerve hallmark 1st title (handles, base, foot and lid). Hallmarks of master silversmith: Ernest CARDEILHAC: ("EC", crowned cross of honor and crescent below), born 1851, died 1904. Signature in all letters: "CARDEILHAC Paris" and stylized monogram: "JB" under the base. Base with stylized monogram: "JB". Height with lid: 11.5 cm. Max. L. (with thumb rest): 16.5 cm Int. neck diam. 9.8 cm. Diam; base: 7.3 cm. Gross weight: 345 grams. This collection was created by Lucien BONVALLET in collaboration with Ernest CARDEILHAC (from 1894 to 1899) for the Exposition Universelle of 1900. They prepared a series of ART NOUVEAU goldsmith's pieces on the theme of flowers (mistletoe, ginkgo, columbine, clover, chestnut trees, umbellifers, etc.).