ANTIQUE 19thC FRENCH SILVER GILT SET OF SIX COMPORTS, BOIN-TABURET c.1890
19th Century French silver-gilt set of 6 comports. Made in the Louis XVI style, of very heavy gauge, each piece resting on four leaf capped feet, bowls decorated with pilasters and laurel garlands. The glass glass bowls are all hand etched with floral decorations.
Hallmarked French Silver Minerva (950), Paris, Maker: Boin-Taburet.
Reference Number: A6960
DESCRIPTION
Antique late-19th Century French exquisite solid silver-gilt set of 6 comports. Made in the Louis XVI style, of very heavy gauge, each piece resting on four leaf capped feet, bowls decorated with pilasters and laurel garlands. The glass glass bowls are all hand etched with floral decorations. A truly superb and very rare set, made by undoubtedly the finest French silversmith.
Hallmarked French Silver Minerva (950 standard), Paris, The firm of Boin-Taburet was established in 1873 by the silversmith George Boin and his father-in-law, the jewelry manufacturer, Emile Taburet. This maker is credited with the revival in the 1880s of Louis XV-style silver, and and won a Gold Medal at the Paris 1889 Exposition Universelle for its monumental historicist work. Boin-Taburet created objects in the Art Deco period that demonstrate an inventive mastery of more modern forms, while maintaining the firm's reputation for superlative execution.
CONDITION
In Great Condition - No Damage.
SIZE
TALL (x2)
Height: 21.5cm
Width: 22cm
Weight: 2740g (each)
SMALL (x4)
Height: 7cm
Width: 24cm
Weight: 1235g (each)