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A set of 4 Neo-Renaissance style salt cellars


Estimate

500 - 700


Session 1

16 November 2021



Description

French silver and gilt silver
Scrolls and arabesques decoration joining on each side to form a fleur-de-lis. The removable silver gilt cups supported by jays
Paris, 1875-1891, marked FRAY Fils and TOURON

5,8x5,8x5,8 cm
356 g


Category

Silver


Additional Information

TOURON, supplier to King LOUIS-PHILIPPE and to Emperor NAPOLEON III, he was one of the "Cents Couverts" set suppliers, for the Palais des Tuileries.
He was awarded a 2nd class medal at the 1855 Exposition Universelle and a gold medal at the 1867 Exposition Universelle

Museums
Musée du Louvre, Paris, Christofle and Touron – "Soixante-douze couteaux à dessert à lame dorée ; soixante-neuf couteaux à dessert à lame d’acier" - silver and gilt silver, Paris 1862-1879
Musée du Louvre, Paris, Touron-Parisot – "Pelle à tarte" - silvered metal, Paris, after 1861.
Musée du Louvre, Paris, Touron-Parisot, – "Deux louches" - silvered metal, Paris, 1855-1852.
Compiègne, Château, Touron-Parisot, "Couteau", silver, Paris, 19th century.
• TSARSKOÏE SELO, CATHERINE PALACE - Naryshkin Treasure - Ignaty SAZIKOV, Pavel OVCHINNIKOV, Ivan KHLEBNIKOV, the GRACHEV Brothers, Peter-Karl FABERGÉ, KEIBEL, VARYPAEV, Lucien FALIZE, AUCOC AÎNÉ, TOURON, QUEILLÉ, PARISOT, HARLEUX, JACQUART, CARDEILHAC, DEHANNE.



Closed Auction