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Lot Essay
The Filassier family formed one of the most distinguished dynasties of Parisian goldsmiths during the late seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, with several branches active in the trade. Jacques and his brother Antoine-Philippe were the sons of Antoine Filassier, who was admitted as a master in 1704, and grand-sons of Michel Filassier, received as a master in 1694. Jacques entered his mark in 1718 under the sponsorship of his father after training in the family workshop on the Rue de la Calandre, and established his own premises on the Place Dauphine.
Jacques Filassier quickly established himself as a specialist of sugar and powder casters producing from elegant simpler examples to more sophisticated versions. However this richly decorated caster stylistically characteristic of the Régence style is very early in his career proving his inherited talent. Another comparable version decorated with similar lambrequins alternating with caryatids but dating from 1729 was sold in the Graziella Patiño de Ortiz Linares Collection in Christie's, Paris, 23 September 2026, lot 22.
Jacques Filassier quickly established himself as a specialist of sugar and powder casters producing from elegant simpler examples to more sophisticated versions. However this richly decorated caster stylistically characteristic of the Régence style is very early in his career proving his inherited talent. Another comparable version decorated with similar lambrequins alternating with caryatids but dating from 1729 was sold in the Graziella Patiño de Ortiz Linares Collection in Christie's, Paris, 23 September 2026, lot 22.