French Barware

For an interesting bar accessory, look no further than this unique liquor box or "cave à liqueur". Crafted in France, circa 1870, the antique tantalus is shaped like five antique leather bound books stacked together. Lifting the top, it reveals a partially gilt liqueur set with a pair of carafes with stoppers and shot cordials. The faux book liquor box...

Bronze tray in shape of shell decorated with laurel leaves, french early 1900s. Beautiful patina, heavy quality metal. In good condition.

These charming Cartier Sterling Silver Salt Shakers originate from France during the 20th Century. Beautifully formed in sterling silver with signatures on the undersurface and the c...

A charming wrought iron wine bottle holder from Beaune, France, circa 1900, this wine accessory features realistically crafted grape bunches, c...

A set of 7 French wine glasses with transparent bodies and green glass stems. Created in France in the 1970s by Luminarc. Dimensions: 3" Diamter 7" Tall

French Art Deco cocktail stirrers, France, 1930s. Bakelite & precious woods. 12 bakelite stirrers. Measutres: width : 28.5cm - 11.2", height : 16cm - 6.3", depth : 4.7cm - 1.85".

Christofle, Paris, designed this sophisticated barware set in the 1960s. The silver plate martini pitcher or mixer jug has a sleek and modernist shape and comes with a long stirrer s...

12 French Art Deco Chinese cocktail picks, France, 1930s. Chrome, wood and bakelite. 12 cocktail picks. Measures: Width : 15cm - 5.9", height : 13cm - 5.1", depth : 7cm - 2.75". Some...

This exquisite three-sectioned cocktail shaker was crafted by the renowned silversmith Saint Medard in Paris. The beautiful Art Deco design features a geometric pattern and is adorne...

Rare bar stand designed by Mathieu Matégot. Manuactured by Ateliers Matégot (France) around 1950. Perforated, folded and enameled metal. Seems it has been repainted many years ago. ...

When in its closed position, this set of stacked books depicts four historical French books. However, looks can be deceiving, as this trompe l’oeil is actually a charming cave à liqu...

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Rare and exquisite, this vintage ice bucket exudes retro charm with its shiny ruby red and gold aesthetics. The lid, adorned with an apple stalk handle, adds an elegant touch to its overall design, making it a captivating addition to any bar or dining table. Crafted by Luxium in the 1970s, this ruby red and golden bakelite ice bucket...

This Art Deco-inspired crystal cocktail set exudes elegance and contemporary flair with its vertical cut lines that impart a dazzling finish. Meticulously hand-cut and polished, the ...

Baccarat Created under the reign of Louis XV, the crystal manufactory owes its international reputation to its participation all along the 19th century and until 1937 to the importan...

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1960s Stunning cocktail shaker in inox. Made in France. This cocktail shaker is in excellent condition. Dimension: diam 3,14" x 11,81" H inches diam cm 8 x cm 30 H

Vintage French 3-Bottle Wine Carrier with a bit of class. has to be one the best looking Wine Bottle Carriers I have ever seen and reminds me more of very high-end luggage. The Vintage Wine Carrier...

A set of four (4) etched crystal brandy sniffer glasses from France. The body of each piece is etched with a bouquet of flowers, and the bottoms are each stamped with "France". A gre...

This elegant French Art Deco 1930s silver plate cylindrical cocktail or Martini shaker was designed by silversmith Christofle as part of their Gallia range in the "Ondulation" design...

Substantial and attractive french crystal ice bucket square shape and chrome/steel handle from French luxury design house, Cartier, circa late-20th centur...

Cette magnifique cave à liqueur en marqueterie arbore un ravissant décor japonisant. Sur le devant de la cave, on peut admirer une représentation exquise d'une grue cendrée près de roseaux, avec une délicate libellule en nacre. Le dessus de la cave présente un autre motif japonisant en marqueterie, illustrant un héron tenant une grenouille dans son bec. L'utilisation de différentes essences de bois, alternant entre le noir et le brun, encadre avec élégance ces scènes, ajoutant une touche de raffinement. Cette superbe cave à liqueur, ornée de décors japonisants, reflète une symbolique profonde et s'ancre dans une tradition spécifique du XIXe siècle. La grue cendrée est un symbole de longévité, de paix et de bonne fortune au Japon. Sa présence sur la cave à liqueur peut être interprétée comme une invitation à la prospérité et à la longévité pour ceux qui se réunissent pour partager des liqueurs. Elle évoque également un sens de la grâce...

For an interesting bar accessory, look no further than this colorful Faux-Book "Cave à Liqueur". Crafted in France, circa 1920, the antique liquor cave is shaped like four antique bo...

Vintage Gucci Silver Animals, Signed Italy 1970s set of 2 Beautiful pair of aperitif glasses in silver metal, Gucci Italia, bear head and bull head Silver Plate,Hand-Crafted GoodW...

Greek Revival Carved Crystal Decanter by Fondica & La Rochere.

Beautiful and sleek decanter by Baccarat. Created in a smaller scale, this is a beautiful piece that will hold your whiskeys/spirits in great style. In great condition with a small...

An authentic set of three French Absinthe glasses manufactured by Franckhauser in Lyon circa 1910. These heavy glasses were used in French Bistros, Bars, or Cafes in the ritual of drinking the addictive beverage called "la fée verte" (the green fairy...

50s silver plated ice rack in good condition with small wear caused by years and use. The Christofle company was founded in 1830 by Charles Christofle. Born into a family of Parisian...

Authentic Old French Wooden Wine Crates and what better way to decorate one's Wine Cellar than with (19) Cases of Vintage Wine, which is absolutely n...

Three piece silver plated cocktail shaker, designed by Luc Lanel for Christofle's Gallia line in France around the 1930's. The shaker is very clean and ready to use.

A set of 4 vintage champagne flutes in a pale blush pink hue. Each glass has a lovely swirl design. Made in France by Arcoroc.

This set of eight vintage French champagne bottles from the 1920s offers a unique charm. Their sizes vary, ranging from 7.5 inches to 25 inches in height, allowing for an appealing v...

A Parisian café ceramic match striker and holder. Decorated with a red line around the top and middle, with red and black writing on the base.  

Champagne bucket by Jean Despres, France, circa 1950. Important hammered silver plated champagne bucket with cylindrical hammered body presenting two scrolled handles underlined with spheres and decorated at the top of the Jean Despres flat link chain. Incised signature "J.Després" under the base (see photo). A similar model is illustrated in the book "Jean Després, jeweler and goldsmith between Art Deco and modernity" by Melissa Gabardi, page 151, to Editions Norma (see photos). Jean Despres, born June 15, 1889 in Souvigny (Allier), and died in 1980 in Avallon (Yonne), is a French goldsmith, creator of jewelry, objects and furniture of Art Deco style, specializing in the work of the silver. Jean Despres was born into a descendant family of master glassmakers, Després de Loisy, and glaziers, Turlin. The family moved in Avallon in 1890 to open an articles of paintings and art store at no. 27 rue de Paris and then at no. 20 place Vauban. He attended school and college in Avallon without being a very bright student. His passion was cycling and competitions. He obtained his patent in 1905. His father placed him in apprenticeship with a friend, goldsmith in Paris in the Marais district. At the same time, he completed his training by following the drawing classes in the schools of the city of Paris and frequented the Bateau-Lavoir, where he met Amedeo Modigliani, Pablo Picasso, Paul Signac, Giorgio De Chirico, Marie Laurencin, Chaim Soutine, Maurice Utrillo and Georges Braque, whom will be his best friend. He is passionate about cubism. During World War I, Jean Despres was assigned as a draftsman mechanic in the workshops of the military aviation. This double experience will durably mark him and feed all his work. He participated in the Art Deco movement. He had many friends in the avant-garde of the time, such as Paul Jouve or Maurice de Vlaminck. In the 1920s and 1930s, he took over his parents' store in Avallon and set up his studio where he created motor jewelry, whose pure forms inspired by aeronautical mechanical parts were part of the avant-garde movement. Craftsman of metal, gold, silver, tin, Despres shaped material, invented new forms. Like his contemporaries Marcel Sandoz or Raymond Templier, he was one of those pioneers who renounce the codes of high jewelry and the use of precious stones. He participated, with the help of Paul Signac, in his first Salon des Indépendants in 1926. He also participated in the revival of the forms of goldsmithing by removing the classic ornaments, to create pieces with massive shapes, silver, pewter, usually silver metal, everyone recognizable by its hammered appearance. In 1935, he took care of the Art and Fashion Gallery at No. 39 rue du Colisée in Paris. In 1936, he married Simone Delattre, painter and decorator on embroidered fabrics. He was rewarded by the Aeroclub which awards him a gold medal in 1937. These works were beginning to be known abroad. The following year, he was named Knight of the Legion of Honor. He run his gallery and kept his studio in Avallon. In 1940, he was President of the Goldsmiths' Union, a professional delegate for artistic protection at the international jewelry-goldsmith's office. He was the goldsmith's rapporteur on the awards commission of the Society for the Promotion of Art and Industry. In 1943, he came to live on rue de La Trémoille in Paris, where he had a shop at the same address. Among his friends, he counted Pierre Vigoureux and frequented Jules Cavaillès, Worms, Peltier, Lalique, Robert and Sonia Delaunay, Fernand Léger and many others. He counted Josephine Baker among his famous clients. After the war, Jean Despres will expose several times, with the support of the State, in different foreign countries. In 1972, he offered the city of Avallon sixty-eight of his works. Exhibitions 1925: Museum of Decorative Arts in Paris, with Rose Adler and the painter Étienne Cournault 1925: International Exhibition of Decorative Arts 1926: Salon des indépendants 1928: Salon of the Societe Nationale des Beaux-Arts 1928: Salon des Artistes-Decorateurs 1930: Union des Artistes Modernes, at the Pavillon de Marsan, he exhibits surrealist jewelry...

1950s Gorgeous ice bucket by Christofle "Ormesson" model in silver plated. It's part of the Gallia collection. Made in France. The item is in excellent condition. Dimension: diamete...

French Art Deco Macassar and chrome show jumping cocktail picks, France, 1930s. Chrome, Macassar and Bakelite. 12 cocktail picks. Measures: Width 15 cm - 5.9", height 14.8 cm - 5.8",...

French Art Deco cocktail pick set in the manner of Sudre with 3 chrome ducks wearing hats walking up a ramp of wood carved as a block wall ending in a chrome post holding 8 fork tipp...

An elegant set of two French Art Deco bottle holders, formed from a modest and minimal silver-plate frame with inverted ‘U-shaped’ legs. One holder is for a standard wine bottle size...

Copper champagne bucket from the 1950s with two brass lion heads as handles. The copper is hammered. Original model. For lovers of beautiful traditional pieces. Good condition.

Rare French Art Deco corkscrew, 1930. Corkscrew and bottle opener poodle. Noble woods. Glass eyes. Dimensions : 4.9 in.Hx6.3 in.Wx1.6 in.D ; 12.5 cmHx16 cmWx4 cmD

A cute French Art Deco barware cocktail set accessory made of wood and aluminum. The cocktail pick features a hand-carved Macassar wood golf caddie figurine with a carved cap and cas...

France, circa 1940 A wine bottle carrier by Jacques Adnet of sculptural form with curved polished steel arms and frame and the base inset with patinated glass, to hold four wine bot...

A handsome French Tantalus drinks set or cave a' liqueur featuring a cabinet of gilt bronze and beveled glass with a mirrored glass base, housing a rem...

Decorate a bar with this colorful, antique Majolica sculpture composition! Created in Normandy, France circa 1960, the ceramic jardinière features a cow sculpture carrying a Calvados...

Colbert is one of Baccarat's most luxurious and important patterns, pairing well with the Tzar and Lagny patterns and created for the most discerning clientelle. The body of each goblet is hand cut with a elegant, complex series of spires reminiscent of the Eiffel Tower. Each glass is of substantial weight required for such superb decoration, subtly flared at the six sided stem with a well balanced facet cut knob at the base and round foot with a sunburst cut base. A pleasure to enjoy with fine wine and champagne. The Colbert service was created circa 1908 and has been out of production for many years. This pattern was apparently popular with Baccarat's Imperial Russian clientelle at the beginning of the 1900's. In 1912, a freighter bound for Saint Petersburg carrying a large order of Baccarat pieces ran aground off the coast of Antwerp. In 1999, the ship was discovered with a number of pieces in the Colbert pattern, surely meant for the well documented sumptuous feasts of the Russian nobility...

Wonderful functional sculptural nut cracker by French designer by Pierre Vandel. Made in solid aluminum.

Decorate a wet bar with this elegant magnum champagne cooler and two matching glasses, crafted in France circa 1980 and made of hard plastic, the vintage bucket comes from the iconic House of Veuve Clicquot...

A superb 20th Century solid silver hip flask with silver hinged top. This flask has an outer design of a crocodile skin. Hallmarked sterling silver (925 standard), Paris, circa 1980,...

Tall, column like, crystal clear and modernist in essence, these beautiful glasses will make a statement in your bar. Each highball glass is 6” tall and 2.75” wide. All together, t...

Beautiful 1950's Dual Decanter Hermès Holder, including two crystal decanter together in a green leather stitched Hermes look a like basket. Dimensions:...

For an interesting bar accessory, look no further than this colorful Faux-Book "Cave à Liqueur". Crafted in France, circa 1950, the antique liquor cave is shaped like four antique bo...

Arts & Crafts Wine Cave with Decorative Metal Work, circa 1920s Box from the Arts & Crafts period, Made in France A very special item with decorative metal work on top. Definitely o...

An exceptional and very rare silver-plated modernist Ice Bucket, attributed to the works of the pioneering modernist French artist Marc Chagall. The Ice Bucket is decorated with two ...

French Art Deco couple of grape pickers, France, 1920s. These large plaster sculptures adorned the entrance to a cellar of a vineyard. Measures: The woman - height 35.4" (90cm), widt...

Magnificent Antique Ormolu Mounted Kingwood and Baccarat Crystal Cave À Liqueur, Circa 1880. With Original Crystal Glasses.

An exceptional and very rare resin modernist ice bucket, decorated in deep burgundy, attributed to the works of the pioneering modernist French artist Marc Chagall. The ice bucket i...

19th Century French alascian wine pitcher of oak with brass banding. A great barware piece! Period: Last quarter of the 19th century Origin: France Size: 11 1/2"H x 4 1/2"D Family ...

We have specialized in the sale of Art Deco and Art Nouveau and Vintage styles since 1982. If you have any questions we are at your disposal. Pushing the button that reads 'View All ...