HENIN & CIE – CHRISTOFLE & CIE -THREE SILVER SERVICE PIECES MADE FOR SARAH BERNHARDT, 1880-1881

THREE SILVER SERVICE PIECES MADE FOR SARAH BERNHARDT, 1880-1881
A spoon; the handle in the shape of the letter B, with the engraved letters ERNH and ARDT and bearing the inscription QVAND MÊME and IXXO (for 1880)
Bearing the hallmark of Christofle
20.5 cm. long.

A spoon; the handle in the shape of the letter S, with engraved letters ARAH
With Hénin & Cie hallmark
20.7 cm. cm. long

A fork; the handle in the shape of the letter B, with the engraved letters ERNHARDT, bearing the inscription quand même and IXXI (for 1881)
With Hénin & Cie hallmark
20.7 cm. long

Exhibition
Sarah Bernhardt, The Art of High Drama, The Jewish Museum, New York, December 2, 2005 to April 2, 2006, p. 112, fig. 17

Bibliography
Sarah Bernhardt, The Art of High Drama, Yale University Press, 2005, ill. p. 112, fig. 17