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Learn MoreChristofle Animal Teapot
- This silverplate teapot by the prestigious firm of Christofle & Cie. takes the form of a wild hare
- It was designed by Emile Reiber after a Meiji-period Japanese bronze
- Japonism was on the rise in design in Europe in the late 19th-century thanks to new trade routes
- Christofle created several luxurious silverplate items based on Japonism designs
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Japonism was rising quickly in popularity in France around the time this teapot was created. Japan had opened borders and started trade with Europe in the 1860s, inspiring new ideas among European designers and artists like Reiber as they saw the arts of Japan firsthand for the first time. Cernuschi exhibited his collection at the Palais de l'Industrie at the Orientalist Exhibition in 1873-74, where Reiber spent weeks sketching the bronze artifacts — drawings he then translated into luxurious silverplate objects for Christofle.
Based in Paris, Christofle & Cie. has been manufacturing high-quality luxury items since 1830. Christofle silver has graced the tables of European and Asian nobility for decades, and it is the tableware of choice on such luxury transportation as the Orient Express and the Trans-Siberian Railway. Innovative and revolutionary, the Christofle name is synonymous with elegance and style.
An identical Christofle teapot is in the permanent collection of Musée d'Orsay (Paris). See link here
Circa 1890
Stamped "CHRISTOFLE"
10" wide x 5" deep x 5 1/2" high
Maker: | Christofle |
Period: | 19th Century |
Origin: | France |
Type: | Tea & Coffee Pots/Services |
Depth: | 5.5 in. (13.97 cm) |
Width: | 10.0 in. (25.4 cm) |
Height: | 5.0 in. (12.7 cm) |
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