Lovely Set of 4 Oyster Shaped Silver Salt Cellars by Edouard Ernie
$900
SOLD
France, 19th Century c.
Silver weight: 6.17 oz
These four lovely Antique French Silver open salt caddies or cellars, were created by ‘Maitre Orfèvre’ Edouard Ernie.
The 4 salt caddies are worked in beautiful ‘rocaille’ style shaped like beautiful oysters! The interior of the caddies are coated in gold or ‘vermeillé’ which shows through the original crystal inserts.
Four lovely little spoons complete the set and are original to it– again adopting the rocaille style, with the spoon part shaped like a seashell and the handles etched with flowers.
The set is in its original box which is in excellent condition. The cellars themselves are in condition condition.
The Hallmark is Minerve – 1st title (950/1000)– 1838 -1919 -Paris
The Makers Mark is for ‘Maître Orfèvre’ Edouard ERNIE.
It features his initials separated by a gaiter.
Ernie briefly partnered with Henri Gabert between 1879 and 1882. On July 11 1882, Ernie registered his own mark and took over the workshop that his stepfather Jules Guérin had created earlier in the 1870s.
His workshop was located 7 rue Réaumur in Paris.
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