Agate Cup - Antoine-désiré Froment-meurice (1801-1855)
Artist: Antoine-désiré Froment-meurice
Antoine-Désiré Froment-Meurice (1801-1855).
Cup.
Agate, silver, vermeil and onyx. Small guarantee hallmark with boar's head.
Circa 1840-1845.
An agate cup is supported by a hoop decorated with ivy leaves and a palm tree foot. The gilt silver terrace which rests on another agate bowl supports a silver rider overcoming a soldier on the ground. The latter is decorated with a frieze of onyx cabochons.
This cup can be attributed to Froment-Meurice : the same model, with a variation on the foot, was displayed in 2003 at the Musée de la vie romantique during the exhibition Trésors d'argent, les Froment-Meurice, orfèvres romantiques parisiens. It is a creation of the silversmith commissioned by the Russian prince Alexei Soltycoff. Given the prince's erudition and his career as a diplomat in the East, it is likely that it is a representation of the defense of Vienna against the Ottomans by Jean Sobieski in 1672.
We also know that an engraving of the counterpart of this cup is represented in a bound album for the Empress Eugenie, kept in the Department of Art Objects of the Louvre Museum.
Cup.
Agate, silver, vermeil and onyx. Small guarantee hallmark with boar's head.
Circa 1840-1845.
An agate cup is supported by a hoop decorated with ivy leaves and a palm tree foot. The gilt silver terrace which rests on another agate bowl supports a silver rider overcoming a soldier on the ground. The latter is decorated with a frieze of onyx cabochons.
This cup can be attributed to Froment-Meurice : the same model, with a variation on the foot, was displayed in 2003 at the Musée de la vie romantique during the exhibition Trésors d'argent, les Froment-Meurice, orfèvres romantiques parisiens. It is a creation of the silversmith commissioned by the Russian prince Alexei Soltycoff. Given the prince's erudition and his career as a diplomat in the East, it is likely that it is a representation of the defense of Vienna against the Ottomans by Jean Sobieski in 1672.
We also know that an engraving of the counterpart of this cup is represented in a bound album for the Empress Eugenie, kept in the Department of Art Objects of the Louvre Museum.
4 500 €
Period: 19th century
Style: Louis Philippe, Charles 10th
Condition: Good condition
Material: Other
Height: 15 cm
Reference (ID): 974910
Availability: In stock
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