Fruit Bowl By Jean Despres

Superb silver metal cup, curb chain model, hammered work. Signed under the base at the tip. Jean Després 1889.1980. Artist who apprenticed very early in goldsmithing in Paris. Also take drawing lessons. training which allowed him to meet the painters of Cubism. He becomes a friend of Georges Braque. Sent to aviation workshops during the First World War, hence the inspiration for his mechanical creations. Even in jewelry. He uses materials like . Silver, silver-plated metal, hammered pewter. And for the stones; onyx, silver, lapis lazuli. He is one of the greatest artists of the Art Deco period. Here, a magnificent silver-plated metal cup with a diameter of 20 cm by 13.5 cm under the base of the foot and 9 cm in height. (slight small side impact, recess. nothing serious) original patina not cleaned. Visually very beautiful piece by the artist.