CARDEILHAC - Designed by LUCIEN BONVALLET between 1894 and 1 - Lot 101

CARDEILHAC - Designed by LUCIEN BONVALLET between 1894 and 1899 Silver oil and vinegar cruet, complete with its glass bottles, one engraved with a trellis, the other with olives, some gilded. The neck is applied with glass loops (one broken). It rests on an oval-shaped four-legged tray, with two handles defining leafy sconces. The gilt-silver bottle caps feature open columbine flowers, echoed on the stoppers. Minerve hallmark Goldsmith's mark: CARDEILHAC PARIS and diamond-shaped goldsmith's mark Gross weight: 747 g - length: 16.5 cm - height: 22.5 cm - depth: 15 cm Book consulted : The Paris Salons 1895 - 1914, Volume V: Objets d'Art & Metalware - Alastair Duncan, Editions Antique Collectors' Club, Woodbridge, Suffolk, U.K. 2012. Musée d'Orsay: similar piece under inventory number: 0A0 1923 - without passers-by. Model exhibited at the Exposition Universelle - Galeries Nationales du Grand Palais - Paris, 1900