OLIVIA SILVER
Marché BIRON, allée 1 n°127 et n°6
85, Rue des Rosiers -
93400 Saint Ouen - France
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DUPONCHEL SILVERSMITH - COFFEEPOT IN STERLING SILVER - MIDDLE OF THE 19TH CENTURY - FRENCH WEIGHT : ABOUT 706 GRAMMES - HEIGHT : ABOUT 25 CENTIMETERS WIDTH FROM SPOUT TO HANDLE : ABOUT 20 CENTIMETERS SEE THE BOOK BY DAVID ALLAN " FRENCH ORIENTALIST SILVER OF THE 19TH CENTURY ". DUPONCHEL ( 1794-1868 ) IS NOT A VERY KNOWN SILVERSMITH, NEVERTHELESS THIS DANDY ARTIST WAS VERY PRODUCTIVE IN THE FIELD OF SILVERSMITH'S TRADE. MAN OF TASTE, HE WAS INTERESTED AT FIRST IN THEATERS AND IN THEIR DECOR. HE WAS MOREOVER DIRECTOR OF THE OPERA OF PARIS DURING A LONG TIME. HE WAS INTERESTED IN THE ARCHITECTURE, OUTSIDE AND INTERNAL AND FROM THERE FROM 1840, HE TURNED TO THE SILVERSMITH'S TRADE TO THWART THE ENGLISH SILVERWARE WHICH TOOK SOME IMPORTANCE IN ENGLAND BUT THAT HE DID NOT FIND BEAUTIFUL. AS A CONSEQUENCE, IN SEARCH OF A HIGH QUALITY WHILE JOINING WITH THE BIGGEST SILVERSMITHS OF HIS TIME AS FROMENT-MEURICE, ODIOT, CHRISTOFLE HE WAS VERY CREATIVE IN THIS DOMAIN WHILE BEING INSPIRED BY TASTES OF HIS TIME. AS OTHER ARTISTS, DELACROIX FOR EXAMPLE WITH WHOM HE MOREOVER TOOK LESSONS OF DRAWING, HE WAS SEDUCED BY THE EAST. THIS COFFEEPOT IS AN EXAMPLE OF HIS ORIENTALIST INSPIRATION. WORK OF A BIG FINENESS, IT LEADS TO THE REVERIE AND TO ENCHANTING FAR-OFF COUNTRIES. THIS ORIENTALIST PIECE WAS PROBABLY MADE TO ORDER FOR A FRENCH BUYER AS A DISCRET MONOGRAMM APPEARS ON A SIDE MIXING WITH THE DECORATION IN REPOUSSE, WITH FOLIAGES AND PAPYRUS LEAVES. THIS SILVER PIRIFORM EWER WITH A ROND BODY AND AN UPWARDLY CURVED HANDLE IS SURMONTED BY A TAPERING LID TERMINATING WITH A CONE SIMPLY SPINNING - TOP FINAL. OTHERWISE, THE HANDLE IS FINELY ATTACHED TO THE BODY WITH AN IVORY RING.
