CARDEILHAC SILVERSMITH - EXCEPTIONAL ANTIQUE PAIR OF DOUBLE SALT CELLARS WITH SPHINGES MOTIF IN STERLIN SILVER - MARK MINERVE - 1ST TITEL - 19TH CENTURY- FRENCH
These salt cellars are the fruit of one of the biggest silversmiths of the 19th century : CARDEILHAC. They could appear in a museum such its quality is exceptional : beautiful work of creativity and mastery of the silversmith's work, completely representatif of Cardeilhac's work : the salt cellars are decorated with regular ornaments : fruits garlands, mascarons, cartouches , claw feet. What creates first of all the magnificence of these pieces, it is the handles in the sphinges form, meticulously chiselled, from a big fineness of work.