Tetard - Paris 1890
Date/Time: 18.09.2010 12:14:40
In 1880 Edmond Tétard (1860-1901) took over Orfèvrerie Hugo, Paris (established 1851) and developed it into a leading silver manufacturing business. In 1889 Tétard won a gold and two silver medals at the Paris Exposition Universelle. Like other leading silversmiths of its day, the firm's art was highly eclectic; its designers borrowed and adapted ideas from earlier historical styles bur also worked in the prevailing Art Nouveau style. The firm is still in operation radar, based at its original premises at Rue Beranger.
Edouard Tetard - Paris 1900
Cameo glass signed "Daum, Nancy"
Date/Time: 09.09.2010 14:05:37
In 1880 Edmond Tétard (1860-1901) took over Orfèvrerie Hugo, Paris (established 1851) and developed it into a leading silver manufacturing business. In 1889 Tétard won a gold and two silver medals at the Paris Exposition Universelle. Like other leading silversmiths of its day, the firm's art was highly eclectic; its designers borrowed and adapted ideas from earlier historical styles bur also worked in the prevailing Art Nouveau style. The firm is still in operation radar, based at its original premises at Rue Beranger.
Paris 1890
Baccarat glass - Silversmith: Roussel Eugene Doutre 1865-1911, Rue de Braque
Date/Time: 10.09.2010 11:22:01
Émile Hugo - Paris 1880
RETAILED BY L.LAPAR, ST.DE BEGUIN, PARIS, CIRCA 1900
Date/Time: 30.01.2011 12:02:47
The ovoid body with hob-nail & fluted decoration, the rocaille cover with finial modelled as a snail atop vine leaves, the neck mount decorated with leaves & scrolls, a central frieze pierced with scrolling foliage, two ribbon-tied, monogrammed oval cartouches & an applied female classical head to front, the base fluted & applied with floral swags above a pedestal foot with border of foliage & ovolo motifs, 14¼ in. high (36.2 cm.).
Maître Orfèvre Gustave Keller - Paris 1900
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Date/Time: 13.04.2012 11:06:31
Founded by Gustave Keller in 1856, the firm made elegant accessories and sets which were immediately appreciated for their fine quality. At the Paris World Exhibitions of 1867 and 1878, Keller was presented with silver and gold medals. After 1878, the Keller brothers succeeded him and continued producing high quality silverware. The firm was later known as "Keller fils et gendre successeurs".
First established in Paris at 65, Rue de Turbigo, Keller moved the shop and workshop to 22 rue Joubert in 1891. In 1929, the shop was mentioned as trading from 18 Avenue Matignon and was still known to be active in the 1920s and possibly as late as 1947.
In 1889, Lucien Falize wrote that "everything stamped Keller is good” and the firm was rewarded at the 1889 and 1900 Paris World Fairs by a gold medal and a Grand prix respectively.
At the Paris Exposition Universelle de 1900, gold and silversmiths competed in interpreting the allegorical and naturalistic ornamentation of the Art Nouveau by zealously demonstrating their skills in chased, cast and embossed silverwork.
In marked contrast and absolutely exceptional in contemporary Parisian silverwork of this period, several works by Keller Frères were astonishing in their simplicity. They produced a small series of wine and water pitchers for the exhibition, which surprised all by their bold shapes and utter sobriety, including examples in hammered silver and gold-plated silver. Some had robust, angular shapes, whilst others were, like this jug, notable for the unusual fluidity of their design. These hand wrought objects, the forerunners of modernism and later mass produced industrial design, aroused the enthusiasm of Roger Marx who applauded their efforts "of introducing gold and silverwork without relief, without chasing, a unified style of silverwork where only the quality of the lines, the curves and the shapes are important".
Keller was appointed official supplier to several European courts including those of Spain, Russia, Greece and Romania and from the 1900s they were commissioned to produce several important cups and trophies for the Principality of Monaco. The firm attracted many brilliant and international clients with members of the Russian Court being probably the most important. From 1897 the last Tsar, Nicholas II, himself personally purchased artefacts from them on a regular basis.
Examples of the firm’s work can be found in notable collections including those of the Musée des Arts Décoratifs, and the Musée d'Orsay, France and the Imperial State Hermitage in St Petersburg.
Literature:
Wilfried Zeisler: "French Art nouveau in Russia and imperial purchases at Keller", Art from the "Modern" period, Saint-Petersburg, Imperial State Hermitage, 2006, pp. 137-143.
Exhibitions:
Exposition Universelle Internationale de 1889 à Paris, Rapports du jury international, Groupe III, Mobilier et accessoires, Classe 24, Orfèvrerie, Paris, Imprimerie Nationale, 1891, pp. 490-491.
Exposition Universelle de 1900 à Paris, classes 94 et 98 ...: Orfévrerie d'or et d'argent, pièces de table et de toilette, objets d'art, bronzes, petits meubles, fantaisie, sais-nécéssaires, cristaux montés, grés montés et incrustés, travaux artistiques, ciselure et gravure, dessins et croquis ...
First established in Paris at 65, Rue de Turbigo, Keller moved the shop and workshop to 22 rue Joubert in 1891. In 1929, the shop was mentioned as trading from 18 Avenue Matignon and was still known to be active in the 1920s and possibly as late as 1947.
In 1889, Lucien Falize wrote that "everything stamped Keller is good” and the firm was rewarded at the 1889 and 1900 Paris World Fairs by a gold medal and a Grand prix respectively.
At the Paris Exposition Universelle de 1900, gold and silversmiths competed in interpreting the allegorical and naturalistic ornamentation of the Art Nouveau by zealously demonstrating their skills in chased, cast and embossed silverwork.
In marked contrast and absolutely exceptional in contemporary Parisian silverwork of this period, several works by Keller Frères were astonishing in their simplicity. They produced a small series of wine and water pitchers for the exhibition, which surprised all by their bold shapes and utter sobriety, including examples in hammered silver and gold-plated silver. Some had robust, angular shapes, whilst others were, like this jug, notable for the unusual fluidity of their design. These hand wrought objects, the forerunners of modernism and later mass produced industrial design, aroused the enthusiasm of Roger Marx who applauded their efforts "of introducing gold and silverwork without relief, without chasing, a unified style of silverwork where only the quality of the lines, the curves and the shapes are important".
Keller was appointed official supplier to several European courts including those of Spain, Russia, Greece and Romania and from the 1900s they were commissioned to produce several important cups and trophies for the Principality of Monaco. The firm attracted many brilliant and international clients with members of the Russian Court being probably the most important. From 1897 the last Tsar, Nicholas II, himself personally purchased artefacts from them on a regular basis.
Examples of the firm’s work can be found in notable collections including those of the Musée des Arts Décoratifs, and the Musée d'Orsay, France and the Imperial State Hermitage in St Petersburg.
Literature:
Wilfried Zeisler: "French Art nouveau in Russia and imperial purchases at Keller", Art from the "Modern" period, Saint-Petersburg, Imperial State Hermitage, 2006, pp. 137-143.
Exhibitions:
Exposition Universelle Internationale de 1889 à Paris, Rapports du jury international, Groupe III, Mobilier et accessoires, Classe 24, Orfèvrerie, Paris, Imprimerie Nationale, 1891, pp. 490-491.
Exposition Universelle de 1900 à Paris, classes 94 et 98 ...: Orfévrerie d'or et d'argent, pièces de table et de toilette, objets d'art, bronzes, petits meubles, fantaisie, sais-nécéssaires, cristaux montés, grés montés et incrustés, travaux artistiques, ciselure et gravure, dessins et croquis ...
Hyalith/Lithyalin glass made to resemble agate
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Date/Time: 13.04.2012 11:05:58
This type of glass was made(copied)in France and Germany as well as Bohemia . It was first produced at the glass works of Count Georg Buquoy around 1817. Friedrich Egerman purchased glass from Buquoy and developed his Lithyalin glass from it.