LUCIEN BONVALLET – ANTOINE-ERNEST CARDEILHAC – TEA SET, CIRCA 1900

TEA SET, CIRCA 1900
Tête-à-tête silver tea service with a mistletoe decoration, comprising a teapot with a sculpted wooden handle, a sugar bowl, a milk jug, an egg cup and a tray.
With French Minerva mark on the three pieces. Signed CARDEILHAC and bearing the silversmith’s mark, dating to before 1904
Teapot height: 12 cm
Milk jug: 3.5 cm

Rectangular stained and decorated wooden tray. It has a solid silver frame with floral decoration, silver side handles with trefoil motifs, and carved, patinated ivory grips
Pyrographed signature beneath the tray: Cardeilhac Orf. Paris
The silver mount is signed CARDEILHAC and bears the silversmith’s hallmark and the letter N.

Silver egg cup decorated with a mistletoe motif. Signed CARDEILHAC. With French Minerva mark
Height: 4.6 cm

Bibliography
L’Art décoratif, February 1901, page 197, illustration of the “Gui” coffee maker