SOUPIÈRE and its DORMANT by TÉTARD FRÈRES in VERMEIL. The covered tureen is oblong in shape with a closed seed-shaped fretel sitting on a radiating terrace of lanceolate leaves, the border patterned with palmettes. Two Greek-style handles ending with...

SOUPIÈRE and its DORMANT by TÉTARD FRÈRES in VERMEIL. The covered tureen is oblong in shape with a closed seed-shaped fretel sitting on a radiating terrace of lanceolate leaves, the border patterned with palmettes. Two Greek-style handles ending with palmette and acanthus leaf shaped fasteners. It rests on a shower base ending with a frieze of palmettes. The frame is also decorated with a frieze of palmettes. Empire-Restoration style. Minerva hallmark. Goldsmith Tétard frères. Soup tureen: Height. 25.5 Length. 30.2 Width. 17.2 cm. Sleeping: Height. 3 Length. 39.5 Width. 26.4 cm. Total height: 28.5 cm. Weight : 2 520 g. (small stripes). Provenance : descendant of Jean Marie-Pie Michel Claret (1805-1886), architect-decorator of Napoleon III and protégé of Baron James de Rothschild. Soup tureen and its tray in gilded silver. The Empire style by Tétard frères. Model to be compared: sale Me Christophe Joron-Derem, Paris Drouot, May 12, 2017, n°276. Tétard was founded in 1880 by Edmond Tétard (1860-1901), after having bought the goldsmith's workshop Hugo. Success is not long in coming. Edmond Tétard actually wins a gold medal in 1889 at the Universal Exhibition in Paris. The Tétard company specializes in the production of pieces produced in the old styles of the 18th century, in keeping with the contemporary taste for eclecticism. When the founder died in 1901, the goldsmith's house was taken over by his three sons: Henri, Jacques and Georges. They gave it the corporate name "Tétard frères" and continued to produce pieces in the Louis XV, Louis XVI and Empire styles, following the example of our piece. Its friezes of palmettes and its closed seed-shaped fretel are indeed reminiscent of the vocabulary of the Empire. It was only from 1920 onwards that the house abandoned the styles of the past to adopt a modernist decorative register, in collaboration with Valéry Bizouard (1875-1945) and Louis Tardy (1881-1978). Automatically translated by DeepL. To see the original version, click here.