Description
CHRISTOFLE : Silver-plated metal tea and coffee set, "Bamboo" model, including a teapot, a coffee pot, a covered sugar bowl and a creamer. The handles and pourers in the imitation of bamboo. Figured. Signed. Late 19th century. (Parts unsilvered) Height of the teapot : 14 cm. We find variants of the model presented in the collections of the Christofle museum as well as in the archives of the World Fairs of Paris of 1878 and 1889. Bibliography: "Dossier des arts", July-August 1991, for a similar model with wisteria decoration reproduced on page 37. Henri Bouilhet, "150 ans d'orfèvrerie Christofle", similar model with fluted decoration for the Conseil d'Etat at the Palais d'Orsay, 1900, reproduced page 187.
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CHRISTOFLE : Silver-plated metal tea and coffee set, "Bamboo" model, including a teapot, a coffee pot, a covered sugar bowl and a creamer. The handles and pourers in the imitation of bamboo. Figured. Signed. Late 19th century. (Parts unsilvered) Height of the teapot : 14 cm. We find variants of the model presented in the collections of the Christofle museum as well as in the archives of the World Fairs of Paris of 1878 and 1889. Bibliography: "Dossier des arts", July-August 1991, for a similar model with wisteria decoration reproduced on page 37. Henri Bouilhet, "150 ans d'orfèvrerie Christofle", similar model with fluted decoration for the Conseil d'Etat at the Palais d'Orsay, 1900, reproduced page 187.
