19th Century French Silver Gilt Set Of Six Comports, Boin-Taburet, c.1890

Antique late 19th century Austrian exceptional solid silver gilt and hand painted enamel cockerel shaped tazza, standing on a domed base, the hand painted enamel body standing on a l...

Antique 19th century rare and magnificent Victorian solid silver three-piece table garniture, the cylindrical central piece applied with a cast Neoclassical frieze depicting mytholog...

Antique early-20th Century German Art Neuveau Impressively large solid silver and enamel centrepiece. The bowl raised on four spreading scroll feet, decorated throughout with flowing...

19th Century Austrian silver gilt and hand painted enamel hunting horn. The silver gilt mounts pierced and painted with multi-coloured enamels, sections painted with classical romant...

Antique 19th century imperial Russian solid silver-gilt and plique-a-jour enamel kovsh. Oval, with raised shaped trefoil handle, decorated with exotic birds, flowers and floral scrolls in red, blue, pink, green and white within red and twist wire borders. Hallmarked Russian silver 84 (875 standard), Moscow, year 1890, Maker NX ( Ivan Khlebnikov, silversmith and jeweller to the Russian Royal...

Antique late-19th century French exquisite solid silver-gilt liqueur service, consisting of 4 liqueur bottles, 24 cups, 4 labels and a mirror set serving tray. Made in the Louis XVI style decorated with pronounced beaded boarders, laurel garlands and wrapped ribbons, the oval tray on four leaf capped legs and mounted with two handles. The four glass bottles are hand etched with floral decorations and set with 4 silver mounted stoppers, the four labels inscribed; cognac, chartreuse, curaçao, and cherry-brandy, and presented with 24 glass mounted cups and richly gilded glass holders. A truly superb and very rare set, made by undoubtedly the finest French silversmith. Hallmarked French Silver Minerva (950 standard), Paris, Maker's mark MON ODIOT...

Elegant centerpiece in finely chiseled vermeil. Composed of a Baccarat cut-crystal cup from which emerge four sinuous light-arms. The whole rests on a scalloped mirrored tray adorned with foliage, with a molded contour of wrapped rushes and ending with four openwork feet. The two French goldsmiths George Boin and his son-in-law Emile Taburet created circa 1875 in Paris the company Boin-Taburet. They made many silver pieces inspired by the beautiful services of the eighteenth century. At the Paris Universal Exhibition of 1878, Georges Boin presented a “service de toilette” inspired by the work of François-Thomas Germain (1726-1791), and then at the Universal Exhibition of 1889, several epergnes, including one of them executed after drawings by the famous artist Juste-Aurèle Meissonier (1695-1750), as well as tea sets of Louis XIV, Louis XV and Louis XVI styles. Boin-Taburet firm also exhibited a tureen and platter after Pierre Germain...

Louis XV style inkstand with chinoiserie design, lacquered top. This rare and stylish inkstand is a work of the house Boin-Taburet, goldsmith in Paris. This impressive size inkstand...

Pair of solid silver coolers mounted on a pedestal, engraved with a decoration of water leaves, halfway down a large garland of laurel leaves is connected to the handles represented ...

Superbly stylish large Art Deco chrome plated modernist coupe /comport dating to the 1930's and originating from France. The design is a simple circular dish which has three circular...

Crystal and silver ewer. The crystal is encased in a solid silver setting, the base rests on four scrolled feet and is chiseled with a rich decoration of waves and foliage, as well a...

Large French 19th Century Louis XVI Style Bronze Ormolu Presentoir Centerpiece. High quality French 19th century Louis XVI style bronze ormolu presentoir centerpiece. Raised on th...