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French double-walled beaker by Pierre-Philippe Grichois, circa 1853

British and European Ceramics and Glass
18 May 2016, 10:30 BST
London, Knightsbridge

£1,000 - £1,500

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French double-walled beaker by Pierre-Philippe Grichois, circa 1853

Of cylindrical form, the base and sides inset with floral medallions alternating with 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

Footnotes

Provenance:
Sold by Emmanuel de Vregille et Christian Bizouard, 11 October 1998, lot 76Z
The Léon Darnis Collection

Literature:
Illustrated by Léon Darnis, Baguiers et Verres a Boire, p.194, fig.156

Between 1850 and 1853, the Paris Goldsmith Pierre-Philippe Grichois 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.

Grichois revived the Bohemian method of Zwischengold, but instead of using gold or silver foil, Grichois perfected a method of trapping chased filigree 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. Others were sold by Bonhams 4 June 2008, lot 400 and 11 December 2013, lot 91. 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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