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Cut-Crystal Centerpiece attr. to Baccarat, France, circa 1880
By Cristalleries De Baccarat
Located in PARIS, FR
Elegant oval cut-crystal centerpiece decorated with stylized palmettes on a grid background, resting on a silver patina bronze mount representing blooming branches.
Biography :
The ...
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Antique 1880s French Japonisme Centerpieces
Materials
Crystal, Bronze
Crystal Liquor Service attr. to Baccarat, France, circa 1900
By Cristalleries De Baccarat
Located in PARIS, FR
Tray – Length : 29 cm (11,4 in.) ; Width : 21 cm (8,3 in)
Carafe - Height : 19 cm (7,5 in.)
Charming crystal liquor service decorated with golden foliage composed of two carafes wit...
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Antique Early 1900s French Art Nouveau Crystal Serveware
Materials
Crystal
Set of 3 Vermeil Dishes by L. Lapar, France, circa 1885
By L. Lapar Paris
Located in PARIS, FR
Charming suite of three small round dishes monogrammed in silver-gilt, with a slightly scrolled edge decorated with foliage scrolls.
Biography :
Parisian goldsmith, Léon Lapar took ...
Category
Antique 1880s French Platters and Serveware
Materials
Vermeil
Japanese Style Tray Attributed to L.-C. Sevin & F. Barbedienne, France, c. 1860
By Louis-Constant Sevin, Ferdinand Barbedienne
Located in PARIS, FR
Rich landscape in cloisonné enamel on blue and brown background imitating Aventurine stone, attributed to L.C. Sevin and F. Barbedienne. The decor represents a river surrounded by wi...
Category
Antique 1860s French Japonisme Centerpieces
Materials
Enamel, Bronze
Centerpiece "The Naiad", attributed to G. Denière, France, circa 1870
By Guillaume Denière
Located in PARIS, FR
Exceptional centerpiece in silvered and gilded bronze, composed of a naiad riding a dolphin, supporting a chiseled shell decorated with reeds, adorned with the head of a river god on its bow and on which a winged love blows in a conch. The whole rests on a pedestal decorated with dolphin heads and cut-out leathers, ending with a porphyry base with molded steps.
Historical and artistic context
Centers and naves of tables are attested in France from the Middle Ages in order to present spices and other condiments brought from distant lands around the Mediterranean or from the trade of the Silk Roads. The importance of their presence on prestigious tables will be confirmed throughout the decorative arts, evolving during the 19th century in centerpieces, becoming a central element of decoration.
Here we find a true virtuosity in the composition and representation of the human figure which is reminiscent of the greatest artists of the Italian Renaissance. Indeed, the fluidity of the lines of the naiad can be compared to the nymph of Fontainebleau by Benvenuto Cellini preserved at the Louvre museum and dated 1545, while the naturalist representation of the marine setting refers to the work of Wenzel Jamnitzer...
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Antique 1870s French Renaissance Revival Centerpieces
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Cut-Crystal Centerpiece Attributed to Baccarat, France, Circa 1870
By Baccarat
Located in PARIS, FR
Elegant centerpiece attributed to Baccarat, composed of an oval cut-crystal cup and two circular cut-crystal cups decorated with stylized palmettes on a grid background, resting on a...
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Antique 1870s French Napoleon III Centerpieces
Materials
Crystal, Bronze
Pair of Louis XVI "Sèvres" Porcelain Glass-Coolers, France, Circa 1880
By Manufacture Nationale de Sèvres
Located in PARIS, FR
Pair of porcelain glass-coolers with painted medallions and gilded ornaments on a turquoise blue background, mounted on a gilt bronze base, in the style of the Manufacture of Sèvres....
Category
Antique 1880s French Louis XVI Wine Coolers
Materials
Bronze
Paris Porcelain Restauration Style Tea Set, France, Circa 1880
Located in PARIS, FR
Charming Restauration style Paris porcelain tea set with red and gold Amati background, composed of a teapot, five cups with winding handle and their saucer, and a bowl. This set, li...
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Antique 1880s French Restauration Tea Sets
Materials
Gold
Charming Silver-Gilt Centerpiece by Boin-Taburet, France, Circa 1880
By Boin-Taburet
Located in PARIS, FR
Elegant centerpiece in finely chiseled vermeil. Composed of a Baccarat cut-crystal cup from which emerge four sinuous light-arms. The whole rests on a scalloped mirrored tray adorned with foliage, with a molded contour of wrapped rushes and ending with four openwork feet.
The two French goldsmiths George Boin and his son-in-law Emile Taburet created circa 1875 in Paris the company Boin-Taburet. They made many silver pieces inspired by the beautiful services of the eighteenth century. At the Paris Universal Exhibition of 1878, Georges Boin presented a “service de toilette” inspired by the work of François-Thomas Germain (1726-1791), and then at the Universal Exhibition of 1889, several epergnes, including one of them executed after drawings by the famous artist Juste-Aurèle Meissonier (1695-1750), as well as tea sets of Louis XIV, Louis XV and Louis XVI styles. Boin-Taburet firm also exhibited a tureen and platter after Pierre Germain...
Category
Antique 1880s French Centerpieces
Materials
Crystal, Vermeil
Chinese Porcelain Mural Fountain Attributed to L'Escalier de Cristal, c. 1880
By L'Escalier de Cristal
Located in PARIS, FR
18th century Famille verte China porcelain mural fountain, decorated with lotus, tree and bird motifs. The faucet is coming out of a dragon mouth. Beaut...
Category
Antique 1880s French Chinoiserie Porcelain
Materials
Bronze
Elegant Pair of Japanese Style Dishes, France, Circa 1875
Located in PARIS, FR
Pair of 18th century soft-paste porcelain dishes finely decorated in the 19th century with medallions representing Japanese theatre characters dressed in traditional costumes, beautiful gold-embossed ornament on a polychrome background.
These dishes are to be linked with the production of the Sèvres Manufacture.
The Manufacture de Sèvres, factory of soft-paste porcelain, was founded in 1738 at Vincennes by bankers and financiers hoping to discover the secret of making hard-paste porcelain, used in Meissen at the time. In 1753, King of France Louis XV became the main shareholder of the factory, transferring it to Sèvres, closer to Versailles and the castle of Bellevue, owned by la Marquise de Pompadour, very interested by Sèvres’ research and supportive of the works. In 1759, the King became the sole shareholder of the Manufacture, making it the property of the French Crown. From this day on, the Sèvres artworks were marked with the royal seal, two intertwined “L’s”, as well as a letter indicating the year of creation. The period between 1756 and 1779 represents the most prosperous years for the factory. To support Sèvres, Louis XV made sumptuous orders offered as diplomatic presents. The main artists at the time, such as painters Boucher and Bachelier or sculptors Falconet and Boizot, worked for the factory. Research on the making of hard-paste porcelain kept going and succeeded after 1769. From this year, Sèvres successfully produced both soft-paste and hard-paste porcelain. It is also during this period that the most beautiful and singular colors were invented: bleu lapis in 1752, bleu celeste in 1753, green in 1756, famous pink in 1757 and royal blue in 1763. The most significant pieces are ornamented with scenes inspired by engravings from famous painters (Boucher) and ornamentalists. They are also decorated with garlands, bunches of flowers, trophies, gildings… The fine quality of Sèvres’ production covers a large range of statuettes (Falconet’s threatening Love), full services (Rambouillet’s service is presented to Marie-Antoinette in 1788), as well as utilitarian or ornamental items. The role played by haberdashers in the production’s development is essential. They originated trends around Sèvres-designed products, such as Daguerre who decorated his most precious furniture with porcelain...
Category
Antique 1870s French Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
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