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Lot 48
A rare French double-walled beaker by Pierre-Philippe Grichois, circa 1853
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21 May 2014, 10:30 BST
London, New Bond Street£1,200 - £1,500
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A rare French double-walled beaker by Pierre-Philippe Grichois, circa 1853
Of cylindrical form, the base inset with a medallion in filigree and chased silver with a spray of flowers, the sides inset with four panels of floral cartouches and festoons beneath intricate foliate scrolls in the rococo taste, the silverwork encased between two thin walls of glass, applied with a silver band at the rim, 8.5cm high
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The Paris Goldsmith Pierre-Philippe Grichois worked at 137 rue de Temple, Paris and used the silver mark of a winged griffin. Between 1850 and 1853 he advertised as GRICHOIS, Fabricant d'orféverie inter-cristal. He was accepted as a member in the Guild of Gold- and Silversmiths in the Paris and the Seine region on 21 May 1850. His entry was deleted on 7 November 1865.
In contrast to the Bohemian method of Zwischengold, where gold or silver foil was used, Grichois perfected a method of trapping chased silver between two extremely thin glass walls and then sealing the gap between the two glass layers with a band of silver at the rim. Due to their delicacy, there are few surviving examples of Grichois's work. Related beakers are in the collections of the Bayerisches Nationalmuseum, Munich, the Technisches Museum, Vienna, the Topkapi Museum, Istanbul and the Hermitage, St. Petersburg. Another was sold in these rooms 4 June 2008, lot 400. Grichois appears to have created these glasses for the Imperial Court of Russia, from where they were sent to other Courts as royal gifts.
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Please note that beaker is cracked