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Superb Christofle Silver Centerpiece, France, Ca 1900
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Superb Christofle Silver Centerpiece, France, Ca 1900 Description Superb Christofle Silver Centerpiece , , Ca 1900 Superb Christofle silvered metal centerpiece / jardiniere, , Ca 1900. Chased, embossed with stylized and foliage ornaments, typical to the era. Set with a LARGE CRISTAL CUT dich / bowl and CANDLE HOLDER on the top . Cristal cut bowl , Perles pattern on the base foot . The style of the centrepieces by the second half of the 19thC were often reduced to one central basket without side pieces . Centerpieces came in fitted wooden boxes with baize-lined compartments for the arms but often kept in dark and damp cellars very few have survived the passage of time ! Made and marked by the famous French maker Christofle. An attractive piece which is an absolute must for any serious collector. Highly sought after by collectors. CHRISTOFLE at its best! SIZE : Hight : 9 ½ inch / 24,5 cm Long : 15 ½ / 39 cm Wide : 9 ½ / 24.5 cm Charles Christofle, who founded his company in 1831, quickly recognised the chance to produce by means of the new industrial procedures table silver for a wider civil public as well. Christofle was the first company on the European continent that made use of the galvanic techniques for the serial production of table silver. The company's printed catalogues in which since the 1850's all the models and prices of the current production were listed, were part of the modern marketing concept of Christofle. During the Second Empire, Christofle advanced to the position of a purveyor to the imperial court. Industrially silver-plated table decoration corresponded to the imperial ideology of progress formed by the Saintsimonismus. After the downfall of the Second Empire in 1870, the Company Christofle considered itself to be forced to change its image. The imperial house disappeared as a lucrative client. In the field of the decorative art, the initial enthusiasm for industrial techniques changed more and more to a consciousness on traditional craft values. Now the company Christofle stressed in its advertisements that they also produced solid silver products following drafts of artists-tendencies that led to the Art Nouveau (to mentioning just some key words: demand of honesty when using the material, vocation of well known artists by the companies, handicraft point of view by the martelé technique). Much more often than in the starting years, we can find now illustred names from the Paris society in the archives from Christofle (Manzanedo-Santoòa, Pereire, Marquise de Païva, Earl Henckel von Donnersmarck...). The mark for Christofle was a bee in a wide diamond-shaped cartouche with a "C" on either side and three stars at the top. Important information to bidders! I have received more than one e-mail intimations from eBay bidders that the items witch they have purchased from my auctions are much more beautiful in real life than depicted on the pictures. 
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