MARK OF PLACIDE POUSSIELGUE-RUSAND, PARIS, CIRCA 1880

细节

A PAIR OF FRENCH PARCEL-GILT VASES AND COVERS
MARK OF PLACIDE POUSSIELGUE-RUSAND, PARIS, CIRCA 1880
Each vase shaped and on circular foot, the body chased with water-leaves, foliage and anthemion motifs, with two leaf and branch angular handles, waisted neck, in fitted case, each marked on base
17½ in. (44 cm.) high
each 71 oz. (2,225 gr.) (2)

注意事项

This lot is offered without reserve. No VAT will be charged on the hammer price, but VAT at 15% will be added to the buyer's premium which is invoiced on a VAT inclusive basis.

拍品专文

Placide Poussielgue-Rusand was one of the most important French nineteenth-century church silversmiths. He exhibited and won awards at the Universal Exhibitions of 1878, 1889 and 1900. He often worked with Viollet le Duc, and his work can be found in many important cathedral and church collections. Amongst many other pieces, Poussielgue-Rusand made the reliquary for the original crown of thorns, which in the treasury of Notre-Dame Cathedral in Paris. Another example his work is a travelling pyx, decorated with coloured enamel, is in the collection of the Victoria & Albert Museum in London. (M28.1983)