Lucien BONVALLET & Ernest CARDEILHAC - Lot 256

Lucien BONVALLET & Ernest CARDEILHAC Silver liqueur service decorated with columbine leaves, including tray, 6 liqueur glasses and silver-mounted crystal decanter. Crystal decanter body decorated with flowers, with a reminder of the same on the stopper. Minerve hallmark, 1st title (.950). Master goldsmith's hallmarks: Ernest CARDEILHAC. CARDEILHAC signature in full. Dimensions / weight of tray: 18.7 x 28.8 cm / 335.4 grams Height / weight of liqueur glasses: 4.9 cm / 224.6 grams Height / gross weight of decanter: 24.2 cm / 560.6 grams Total gross weight: 1120.6 grams Lucien Bonvallet, a prestigious designer, collaborated with Ernest Cardeilhac between 1894 and 1899 for the 1900 Exposition Universelle, preparing a whole series of ART Nouveau goldsmith's pieces on the theme of flowers (mistletoe, ginkgo, columbine, shamrocks, chestnut trees, umbellifers, etc.).