Water glass service in white opaline with silver and gold Desvignes decoration. It is composed of a carafe, a bottle, a candlestick and an eglomized glass tray decorated with a female bust and gilded bronze. Charles X period, 1825. The carafe rests on a pedestal, the body decorated with a crown of silver and gold flowers surrounded by gilded fillets in relief. A grid pattern decorates the rim of the shoulders. It is closed with a ball cap featuring a petal rosette. The bottle is decorated with foliage friezes surrounding a wreath of flowers. The shoulders are adorned with a grid pattern, and the bottle is finished with a ball stopper decorated with a petal rosette. The candlestick is similarly decorated. The glass top rests on three sabot feet, the belt decorated with a frieze of daisies and openwork at the top. A wreath of blue flowers surrounds a young woman with sloping shoulders, wearing a blue dress belted with a golden ribbon.
Tray size: 29x29x5
Size of water carafe: 15x15x30
Candlestick size: 6.5x6.5x8.5
Bottle size: 8x8x18
Charles X period
Circa: 1825
Dim: W:29cm, D:29cm, H:33cm
Condition report: light wear to the foliage frieze and gilding. Slight wear to the paint on the tray.
- Reference :
- 3019
- Availability :
- Object available
- Width :
- 29 (cm)
- Height :
- 33 (cm)
- Depth :
- 29 (cm)
- Period::
- 19th century, Charles X
- Style::
- Atelier Desvignes, Charles X
- Materials::
- Opaline, Silver, Gold, Glass eglomisé
- Identifier Exists:
- False
