ANTIQUE 20thC FRENCH SOLID SILVER TROMPE L'OEIL CRUET CONDIMENT SET c.1900
20th Century French silver five-piece novelty trompe-i'oeil cruet set, comprising of three graduated jars, realistically shaped as wooden barrels and two smaller bowls with handles realistically modelled as buckets. One of the buckets hallmarked with Minerva and maker's mark "G.B" probably for Georges Brisson, all other pieces with "boar head" - French silver standard for small objects.
REFERENCE NUMBER: A5090
DESCRIPTION
Antique early-20th Century French solid silver five-piece novelty trompe-i'oeil cruet set, comprising of three graduated jars (the larger with a cover) realistically shaped as wooden barrels and two smaller bowls with handles realistically modelled as buckets. One of the buckets hallmarked with Minerva (950 standard) and maker's mark "G.B" probably for Georges Brisson (rare maker active in Paris 1896-1900), all other pieces with "boar head" - French silver standard for small objects. The set, so unusual that it could be a one-off, is modelled imitating the exceptionally rare 18th century examples by Nicolas Besnier.
CONDITION
In Great Condition - No Damage.
SIZE
Height (lidded barrell): 10cm
Width (lidded barrell): 7cm
Total Combined Weight: 245g