Boin Taburet - Two Pairs Of Solid Silver & Vermeil Salt Cellars In The Louis XV Style

Two pairs of Louis XV style salt cellars in solid silver and vermeil. 4 pieces. Minerva 950. Silversmiths: Boin and Taburet, Paris. Oval in shape, each double salt cellar is set in its base, extended by fine fillets and a rich foliage decoration forming four feet. The interiors are in vermeil, now slightly faded and irregular, attesting to old use but remaining in good condition. These salt cellars are engraved on the reverse, each with the French hallmark, the Minerva head 1st standard (950/1000), the silversmith's mark "Boin, a stool" for Boin Taburet, as well as their stamp in full. 4 Pieces: Length: 8.5 cm / 3.35 in. Width: 6.5 cm / 2.56 in. Émile Taburet partnered with his son-in-law Georges Boin in 1873 under the name Boin Taburet. The firm exhibited at the Universal Exhibition in Paris in 1889. From 1900, the silversmith Henry joined the firm and succeeded Émile Taburet; the company name became Boin et Henry, the hallmark used from 1901 to 1931.