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PARIS SECOND HALF OF THE 19th CENTURY Kettle complete with stove and lamp in chased cast silver. It stands on a tripod base whose leafy openwork decoration frames three silver profiles of Roman emperors - a reminder of the cameos that the silversmith sometimes featured on his works. The circular kettle, with its clissé handle, is chased with a more classical frieze of leafy geometries framing a medallion on either side left free of engraving. Goldsmith: Jules WIESE 1818 - 1890, in all letters WIESE PARIS and hallmark in a rhombus. Minerva hallmark Gross weight (clasped handle): 2138g, H.26cm Jules WIESE, founder of this illustrious firm after the death of Froment-Meurice in 1855, of which he was one of the kingpins, put his eclectic creativity at the service of secular and religious goldsmithing and jewelry, experimenting with a number of techniques, including enameling and setting hard stones or antique pieces. This "eclecticism" was criticized at the 1867 Exposition Universelle. His son succeeded him until 1930.

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PARIS SECOND HALF OF THE 19th CENTURY Kettle complete with stove and lamp in chased cast silver. It stands on a tripod base whose leafy openwork decoration frames three silver profiles of Roman emperors - a reminder of the cameos that the silversmith sometimes featured on his works. The circular kettle, with its clissé handle, is chased with a more classical frieze of leafy geometries framing a medallion on either side left free of engraving. Goldsmith: Jules WIESE 1818 - 1890, in all letters WIESE PARIS and hallmark in a rhombus. Minerva hallmark Gross weight (clasped handle): 2138g, H.26cm Jules WIESE, founder of this illustrious firm after the death of Froment-Meurice in 1855, of which he was one of the kingpins, put his eclectic creativity at the service of secular and religious goldsmithing and jewelry, experimenting with a number of techniques, including enameling and setting hard stones or antique pieces. This "eclecticism" was criticized at the 1867 Exposition Universelle. His son succeeded him until 1930.

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For sale on Wednesday 26 Jun : 14:00 (CEST)
paris, France
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