CHRISTOFLE - ATTRIBUTED TO AUGUSTE ARNOUX, PROBABLY EXPOSED TO THE 1900 UNIVERSAL EXHIBITIONSilver bowl/display of circular shape in cast silver, openwork and chased on the perimeter of three poppy flowers and their foliage continuing between the ajours and the pedestal treated in the same way Minerva mark and in all letters CHRISTOFLE ORFEVRE - diamond mark - model number 3393 - MASS SILVER and the mention EX Weight : 832 g - diameter : 23 cm - height : 5,3 cmDuring the 1900 World Fair, Christofle presented pieces on the theme of flora, whose sculptor was Auguste Arnoux, celebrated in these terms by Henri BOUILHET in the third volume of his book, L'orfèvrerie française aux XVIIIe et XIXe siècles 1700 - 1900, page ???? The canticle of the flora, all this group sang it, and the four flower plates where the groups are entwined in the architectural lines, symbolizing the seasons: violets for spring, poppies for summer, chrysanthemums for autumn, Christmas roses for winter ... not to mention the cups, bowls, planters blooming at will .