Frédéric BOUCHERON (1830-1902) Attributed to The baluster-shaped coffee pot rests on a round base with two sides, finely pierced with friezes of leaves and flowers, four main lotus flowers. The body is decorated with a floral applique of the same inspiration. The handle and long spout are decorated with twists and foliage. Small pagoda lid with twisted gadroons. French work, signed Fic BOUCHERON, CG hallmark, marked "1866 28 juin 1891", one blow to the body. +- 600g. H +- 23cm Note: Frédéric BOUCHERON, the first jeweller on the Place Vendôme, created this Moorish-inspired coffee pot which illustrates the vogue for "Turkish-style" decoration that was revived by the colonial exhibitions and the opening of the Suez Canal with great pomp at the end of the reign of Napoleon III. Ref: Vever Henri, Histoire de la bijouterie française, Éditions Floury, Paris 1906. Neret Gilles, Boucheron, Éditions Decitre, Paris 1998. Page 47 for a sumptuous coffee pot based on a design by Paul Legrand for the Paris Universal Exhibition in 1889. A similar coffee pot was sold at Tajan in Paris on 27 June 2024. Link: https://www.tajan.com/auction-lot/frederic-boucheron-annees-1870-1880_17E4F14890