FRÉDÉRIC BOUCHERON - 1870S-1880S RARE SILVER COFFEE POT AND TEAPOT WITH MOORISH DECORATION The baluster-shaped coffee pot rests on a round, two-sided base, 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. The flattened baluster teapot repeats the decoration of the coffee pot. The handle, lid and spout are joined by large stylised fittings pierced with leaves. French work, signed Fic BOUCHERON and FB master mark on the column for Frédéric Boucheron. Gross weight: 1.355 kg. Coffee pot dimensions: 23.3 x 9.2 cm. Teapot: 14.5 x 10 cm. FRÉDÉRIC BOUCHERON: the first jeweller on the Place Vendôme. As expressed by its master hallmark, which is so rare to find, the stylized Vendôme column in majesty. A true discoverer of talent, Frédéric Boucheron commissioned a large number of master goldsmiths for the creation of his jewellery, but also for his decorative objects. However, it is very rare to see a work of art that has come out of the very hands of his workshops. hands of his own workshops, bearing not only the magnificent 'secret' signature "signature with its Gothic B, but also the hallmark of its master maker. master maker. These two Moorish-inspired pieces illustrate the vogue for "Turkish-style colonial exhibitions and the opening of the Suez Canal with great fanfare at the end of the Canal at the end of the reign of Napoleon III, brought it back into fashion. taste. Ref: Vever Henri, Histoire de la bijouterie française, Éditions Floury, Paris 1906. Neret Gilles, Boucheron, Éditions Decitre, Paris 1998. Page 47 for a sumptuous pourer in a design by Paul Legrand for the Paris Universal Exhibition in 1889. A silver teapot and coffeepot by Frédéric Boucheron, circa 1870-1880. Signed Fic Boucheron. French assay mark and Frédéric Boucheron maker's mark. Gross weight : 1,355 kg. Coffeepot dimensions : 23,3 x 9,2 cm. Teapot dimensions : 14,5 x 10 cm.