LUCIEN BONVALLET – ANTOINE-ERNEST CARDEILHAC – VASE, CIRCA 1900

VASE, CIRCA 1900
Silver
Marked CARDEILHAC PARIS with the letter A, with silversmith’s mark and french Minerva mark
18.5 cm. high

Between 1894 and 1899, Lucien Bonvallet designed several silverware pieces intended
for the Exposition Universelle of 1900, all decorated with a vegetal pattern such as thistles,
columbines, mistletoe, clovers, etc.
These models were exhibited on the occasion of a retrospective dedicated to Lucien Bonvallet
in january and february 1913, at the Pavillon de Marsan, Musée des Arts Décoratifs, Paris