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Coupe d'ornament

Ref: 1788
  • Designer / Maker

    Designed by Constant Sévin (1821-88)

    Manufactured by the firm of F. Barbedienne (1839-1955)

  • Detail

    Black slate, enamel and gilt bronze

    18 .5 x 33 x 21 (max)

    French (Paris), circa 1862

  • Marked

    ‘F. Barbedienne’ on foootrim

  • Provenance

    […]; with H. Blairman & Sons, 2004; private collection

  • Literature

    H. Blairman & Sons, Furniture and Works of Art (2004), under no. 10

  • Note

    A coupe of this form, in alabaster and raised on a square base, was exhibited by Barbedienne at the 1862 London International Exhibition; see J.B.Waring, Masterpieces of Industrial Art and Sculpture at the International Exhibition, 1862, London, 1863, II, pl. 139.