Lot 107
  • 107

Service à thé aux ancolies en argent et or par Ernest Cardeilhac, Paris, 1885-1904

Estimate
4,000 - 6,000 EUR
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Description

  • Service à thé aux ancolies en argent et or par Ernest Cardeilhac, Paris, 1885-1904
  • Haut. théière 23,5 cm, 1 933 g ; teapot 9 1/4 in high, 62oz 3dwt
modèle reposant sur un léger piédouche, comprenant une théière, un pot à lait, un sucrier et une pince à sucre, les anses en ivoire, les appliques florales en or, la pince à sucre gravée BG

Condition

In overall good condition. Cream-jug finial upper part to be correctly refixed. Marked clearly under each body. Also stamped Cardeilhac Paris except the sugar tong. A photo of Cardeilhac design for this piece is available at request. Very good weight. Extremely nice design.
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Catalogue Note

Ce modèle est très probablement dû à Lucien Bonvallet (1851-1919) qui a également dessiné d'autres modèles floraux comme les chardons, le gui etc... La chocolatière aux chardons est illustrée dans l'ouvrage de Véronique Alemany-Dessaint, Orfèvrerie française, 1988, p. 107.