Part of a silver "oriental" tea and coffee service comprisin - Lot 305

Part of a silver "oriental" tea and coffee service comprising : a teapot, a coffeepot, a sugar bowl with movable lid and silver-plated interior, a milk jug with silver-plated interior, a kettle and its silver-plated stove, and a silver-plated tray; decorated with chased draperies, leafy three-lobed medallions on an amati background and two figured cartouches surmounted by four large fillets, the neckline with a frieze of scrolls and palmettes on an amati background, domed hinged lid chased with scrolls, with a doucine and cones adorned with palmettes, frétel piriforme, scrolled handles and thumb rest, basket-handle kettle handle, quadripod hot plate holder, top decorated with pseudo-Kufic script in cartouches, orientalizing interlacing centered on a figure, marked below "Duponchel à Paris". Minerve first title Master-smith: Crosville & Glachant 1861-1867, marked "Duponchel" in Paris H. teapot: 18 cm - H. coffee pot: 25.5 cm - H. kettle and stove: 45 cm - Diam. tray: 59 cm - Weight of silver parts: 2,049 g ML Teapot: used condition, one pin replaced by a nail Coffee pot: one shock and slightly dented spout Sugar bowl: two small knocks, deformations to the frame Milk jug: shock to base, small shock to body, and wear to vermeil Kettle and stove: minor wear to the silver plating on the large fillets, minor defects to the spikes and dents to an inner burner frame. Tray: a few scratches 8 pieces Henri Charles Edmond Duponchel (1794-1868) Important silversmith known as H. Duponchel, Morel & Cie, then Duponchel & Morel, and Duponchel & Cie. Insculpation in 1849. He worked for several silversmiths, including Louis Manant, Charles Glachant (who worked for Frédéric Boucheron), Jean Bounet, and Constant Revil. Duponchel exhibited at the Exposition Nationale de l'Industrie in Paris in 1849, in the front row of silversmiths with Frement Meurice, Rudolphi, Odiot and Lebrun. At the 1855 International Exhibition in Paris, he was awarded a medal of honor: "A brilliant man, he pursued several careers at the same time, learning painting from Delacroix, then Architecture, participating in the construction of James de Rothschild's mansion, and making a career in theater, notably as director of the Paris Opera."