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A FRENCH SILVER CHOCOLATE-POT AND A FRENCH PARCEL-GILT SILVER-MOUNTED IVORY CANNISTER
Lot 234

A FRENCH SILVER CHOCOLATE-POT AND A FRENCH PARCEL-GILT SILVER-MOUNTED IVORY CANNISTER

MARK OF CARDEILHAC, PARIS, CIRCA 1900, THE CHOCOLATE-POT AFTER A DESIGN OF LUCIEN BONVALLET

Closed31 May 2012

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A FRENCH SILVER CHOCOLATE-POT AND A FRENCH PARCEL-GILT SILVER-MOUNTED IVORY CANNISTER
MARK OF CARDEILHAC, PARIS, CIRCA 1900, THE CHOCOLATE-POT AFTER A DESIGN OF LUCIEN BONVALLET
The chocolate-pot tapering cylindrical, chased with thistles, with part green-stained ivory handle, the cover with part ivory finial, the jar with cylindrical ivory body applied with a pierced band, with a brass finial, fitted with an interior cover, the chocolate-pot marked underneath, on cover and finial, the jar marked on both covers and band, the chocolate-pot further stamped 'Cardeilhac Paris'
8½ in. (21.6 cm.)
the chocolate pot gross weight 19 oz. 18 dwt. (619 gr.) (2)

Specialist note

This model of chocolate-pot was first exhibited at the 1900 Paris exhibition where it was described as being one of the most successful objects to be seen there (A. Krekel-Aalberse, Art Nouveau and Art Deco Silver, New York, 1989, p. 64). Other examples of it are known including one in the Musée des Arts Décoratifs, Paris, another at the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam and a further example illustrated A. Krekel-Aalberse, op. cit, p. 79, no. 55.