Large Pewter Dinner Holder - Clamecy, 18th Century

Very large frustoconical pewter DINNER HOLDER, with quarter-round groove, moving lid with central grip and movable handle with cherub head attachments.
Hallmark of Jean-Pierre BOUVIER received around 1710 or of Jean-Philibert BOUVIER received around 1740: crowned hammer / IPB.  (The father and son having the same initials, it is prudent to date this object from the son's period of activity)
Height to throat: 17 cm.
CLAMECY (Burgundy), Mid-18th century

Extremely rare, largest size of Clamecyss production in very good condition.
The vast majority of dinner holders from this provenance are by Claude-François BOUVIER, active in the mid-19th century. This large dimension is encountered here for the first time in almost 50 years...
This object was used by shepherds and field workers, day laborers... etc. There were several sizes, the number of which varied depending on the production centers, from 4 to 6. The shapes of these dinner holders vary, they are frustoconical in Burgundy, pomiform in Ile-de-France, flared in Anjou, etc.; the attachments of the handles, depending on the region, include cherub heads, rosettes, florets, human masks, etc. Among the BOUVIER in CLAMECY, we see small variations in the number of curls in the hair of the cherub heads

Bibliography: Bulletin of the scientific and artistic society of Clamecy No. 49 of 1975

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Former professor at IDETH (Institute of Technical and Historical Studies of the Art Object)
Former professor at the EAC (School of Art and Communication)
Former member of the UFE (French Union of Experts)
Expert specialist in pewter for more 40 years I guarantee the object is authentic described above.
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