Paris - Set Of 4 Salt Cellars In Solid Silver And Vermeil By E. Lançon (1872-1902)

Set of 4 salt cellars and their spoons in partially vermeiled solid silver in their box. The salt cellars take the form of small cauldrons, each resting on 3 feet and having two movable ring handles. The salt shovels, in the form of small ladles, have their hooks. The interior of the cauldrons as well as the spoons of the ladles are covered with fine gold.

Hallmarks
•    Wild boar (hallmark for small works between 1838 and 1973).
•    Master goldsmith: EL and three fan-shaped spearheads for Émile LANÇON.

Dimensions
•    Height: 3.4 cm.
•    Diameter: 3.5cm.
•    Length: 4.8cm.

Gross weight: 76 grams.

Condition report
Very good condition.

Émile LANÇON is a 19th century Parisian goldsmith specializing in jewelry. He works at 64 rue du Temple. Its hallmark was registered on September 11, 1872 and ended on July 11, 1902.
Prefecture number: 8644 - Guarantee number: 8374.


Interesting testimony to the originality and refinement of tableware in the 19th century. Here made by a jeweler, this beautiful suite of salt cellars breaks free from traditional codes, seeking inspiration in the great styles of the French 18th century for an object imbued with a certain humor and poetry. Rare to find, even more so in such a state of conservation, these objects are of great purity and infinite quality of finish, making the choice of purity in terms of ornament but of infinite care and precision in the details, from the little feet finished with a ball to the handles and hooks of the ladles, and a luxury of all jewelry with beautiful silver-gilt inside the cauldrons and on the spoons of the ladles.

Two comparable pieces by SAVAGE & LYMAN are kept at the Musée National des Beaux-Arts du Québec^[1].
^{[1] MUSÉE NATIONAL DES FINE ARTS DU QUÉBEC, Quebec (Ca), Salt shaker, silver and vermeil, between 1851 and 1868. Inv. 1993.129.
MUSÉE NATIONAL DES FINE ARTS DU QUÉBEC, Quebec (Ca), Salt ladle, silver and vermeil, between 1851 and 1868. Inv. 1993.129.01.
MUSÉE NATIONAL DES FINE ARTS DU QUÉBEC, Quebec (Ca), Salt shaker, silver and vermeil, between 1851 and 1868. Inv. 1993.128.
MUSÉE NATIONAL DES FINE ARTS DU QUÉBEC, Quebec (Ca), Salt ladle, silver and vermeil, between 1851 and 1868. Inv. 1993.128.01.}