JEAN SERRIERE – Pair of silver coolers circa 1900

JEAN SERRIERE – Pair of silver coolers circa 1900
Pair of large coolers made around 1920, swollen shape model with pedestal. Work in embossed and chiseled with foliage and vine branches on each side, two small handles welded to the neck.
Dimensions: height 25 cm _ Diameter 22 cm
Material: 1st grade silver 950/°°°
Weight: approximately 5477 grams
Hallmark: MINERVE
Signature and Hallmark of A.HEBRARD, Paris
Unique piece commissioned by Madame JEANNE LANVIN Provenance: Collection of Madame Jeanne LANVIN and her daughter Countess Jean de Polignac
Dispersed by the LIBERT Auction House on December 5, 2008 in Paris (lot 100). Private collection of Mr & Me L.
JEAN SERRIERE exhibited his pieces of Goldsmithing, from 1919, at the HEBRARD Gallery and from 1920 he participated in the Salon de la Société des artistes, Decorateur and in the Salon d'Automne.
His metal works appear in HEBRARD's submission to the 1925 International Exhibition.
Bibliography: In Dominique and Marie Cecile Forest “French brassware” 1900-1950