"Double Salt Cellar With Obelisk By L. Lapar, Paris, Saltcellar In Solid Silver And Crystal"
Double salt cellar in solid silver with an obelisk topped with a pomegranate. Very beautiful decoration of young musicians fauns, vine branches, beaded nets, virgin central medallions adorned with garlands and cut leathers. Superb ornamentation of ribbon knots, friezes of pearls and garlands of fruit retained by puttos, crowbars.
Blue crystal verrines.
Hallmarks
French Minerve 1er titre (950/1000).
L. LAPAR PARIS (1878-1891).
Weight, 140 grams.
A model almost identical to the
Ernest Hébert museum in Paris.
L. LAPAR was a goldsmith in Paris, 25 rue de Choiseul.
Can form a pair with another salt cellar by Victor BOIVIN, also in our collections.