Lot n° 91
Estimation :
20 - 30
EUR
CHRISTOFLE - Lot 91
CHRISTOFLE
Suite of 2 silver-plated table forks, "Peau de lion" model.
Grooved stems decorated with crossed lion skins. Spatulas ending in lion heads.
Spoon attachments form scrolls. Back of spatulas engraved with a mavelot: "GH"?
CHRISTOFLE hallmarks: ("CC" and a scale) employed from 1844 to 1935.
Signatures in all letters: "CHRISTOFLE".
L: 21.6 cm.
This model was designed in 1868 by Charles ROSSIGNEUX for the Marquise de PAIVA and is now on display at the Musée d'Orsay. Visible on p. 121 of Henri BOUILHET's book "L'orfèvrerie française aux XVIIIe et XIXe s". Paris 1912.
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