ORIENTAL STYLE SILVER COFFEE AND TEA SET. Froment-Meurice, Émile. Paris. Date: 1866/67. Technique: Silver, twice with gilt interior. Description: Consisting of coffee and tea pot, milk jug, sugar bowl and hot water jug on Rechaud.Conical body with curved tubular spout above flat, round footing. Double handle with trompe l'oeil basketwork decor. Domed hinged lid with palmette ornament and cone knob.Sides decorated with geometric decor in relief. The original wooden box lined with leather. On it the company signet: Froment Meurice 372 rue St. Honoré. Weight: Ca. 4301g. Measurement: Height of the pots 23,5 /15,5 /35cm. Mark: Paris guarantee of standard 950 (Rosenberg no.5880), maker's mark Froment Meurice (Émile Froment-Meurice, since circa 1840), workshop mark Froment-Meurice. Literature: Exhibition cat.: Trésors d'Argent, Les Froment-Meurice, Paris 2003. François-Désiré and his son Émile Froment-Meurice were among the most outstanding Parisian silversmiths and jewelers during the Restoration and Second Empire. Their work was not only celebrated at world exhibitions, but also highly valued at the royal courts of Europe. Thus, not only the famous toilet set of the Duchess of Parma, but also, for example, a cradle for the first-born son of Napoleon Bonaparte, presented as a gift from the city of Paris, came from the workshop of Froment-Meurice (Les Froment-Meurice p.47ff and p.98). 品相报告: - All parts in good, age-typical condition with the corresponding rubbing and fine, superficial scratches.- Beautiful, heavily worked quality.- Sugar bowl: The inner rim of the lid quite heavily dented all around.- Coffee pot: Handle and lid hinge w