Serving dish with cover and tray, silver plate. (a) Tray, beaded edge, #99899 on base. Diameter 24.4 cm. (b) Dish, pierced in over-under openwork basketry design; four cast feet, two handles (each 4.0 cm. wide), all in leaf and berry design; two case medallions in same design with center medallion engraved with crest and “N” encircled by beading. Diameter 23.5 cm. Height 9.2 cm. (c) Cover, domed, surmounted by two cast birds in foliage. Band of engraving circles base 3.0 cm. from bottom with floral designs and two medallions encircled by beading with crown and “N” in center. #90187 and #51 on rim. Diameter 26.0 cm., approximately 19.0 cm. All three items have maker’s mark CC and “CHRISTOFLE” on rim. One of a pair with 7-5993a-c.
Donor:
Design Department (UC Berkeley)
Collection place:
France
Materials:
Silver (metal)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Makers' marks, Serving dishes, and Trays
Accession date:
1974
Department:
Europe and western Russia (except Classical Mediterranean)
Loans:
S1981-1982 #27: Wine Museum of San Francisco (December 15, 1981–December 6, 1982)