Ravinet D’enfert – Pair Of Tulip-shaped Solid Silver Beakers

Pair of tulip-shaped beakers in 950/1000 solid silver by RAVINET D’ENFERT, Paris.

The plain bodies have flared rims accented with a double reeded band and stand on moulded pedestal feet with gadrooned borders. Their design follows a traditional model of eighteenth-century French silverware.

Dimensions:
·       Height: 9 cm (3.54 in).
·       Diameter at the rim: 7.2 cm (2.83 in).

Total weight: 221 grams (7.80 oz).

Hallmarks:
·       French Minerva first standard mark, indicating 950/1000 silver.
·       Maker’s mark: initials RD and a clover for RAVINET D’ENFERT.

Period:
First half of the twentieth century, in the eighteenth-century style.

Condition:
Very good overall condition.

RAVINET D’ENFERT

The firm takes the name RAVINET D’ENFERT in 1891, when Charles D’ENFERT joins Louis RAVINET, who acquires the business founded in 1845 by E. TONNELIER in 1882.

Based at 83, rue du Temple in Paris, in the former Hôtel de Caumartin, the firm specialises in silver flatware and tableware. Its distinctions include gold medals at the Lyon Exhibition in 1894 and the Brussels International Exhibition in 1897.