LUCIEN BONVALLET (1861-1919) MODEL DESIGNER & MAISON CARDEILHAC GOLDSMITH IN PARIS Le Gui, model created circa [1900], variant of the model presented at the Exposition Universelle, Paris, 1900 A rare and precious silver chocolatière, with vermeil interior. The title decoration, treated in relief and engraving, forms a frieze two-thirds of the way up the main body, with a variation around the base. The scalloped lid opens in the center to receive the mousetrap. The beak-shaped handle and lid fretel are in finely carved ivory, partly stained green. Complete with wooden mousetray; the floral knob handle is also in finely carved and partly stained ivory. Art Nouveau period. A crack on the cane handle. Marked CARDEILHAC Paris, bears the Master Goldsmith hallmark and the engraved mention e 292 under the base, bears the guarantee hallmark on the lid. Height: 29cm Gross weight with foamer: 662g This lot is accompanied by its CIC intracommunity certificate, valid only for circulation within the European Community. Public collections: - Bröhan Museum, Berlin - An identical chocolatière is kept in the collections of this institution. - Musée des Arts Décoratifs, Paris - A variant with a floral decoration of columbines is kept in the collections of this institution under inventory number 9362 (MAD-1). Exhibition and related work: Exposition Universelle, Paris, 1900 - A variant of the decorative motif presented at this event. Bibliography: - L'Art décoratif - February 1901. A variant, with a floral design of columbines, and a coffee pot with a mistletoe design, identical to that of our work, reproduced on page 197. - Maurice Rheims - L'Objet 1900 - Éditions Arts et Métiers Graphiques, Paris, 1964. A variant, with floral columbine decoration, is reproduced on page 95 (ill. 58). - Collective - Modern art of metalwork; Bröhan Museum - State Museum of Art nouveau, Art deco and Fonctionnalism (1889-1939) Berlin - Éditions Bröhan Museum, Berlin, 2001. Identical model reproduced on page 385. - Alastair Duncan - The Paris Salons 1895-1914- Volume V: Objets d'art & Metalware- Édition Antique Collectors' Club, 1998. A variant, with floral decoration of columbines, reproduced on page 16; a coffee pot with mistletoe decoration, identical to that of our work, reproduced on page 164.