#Lucien Bonvallet

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Hexagonal Tea Box with Fucus (Algae) Decoration. Designed by Lucien Bonvallet and made between 1902 and 1911 in Paris, France. Medium is embossed solid silver coated with an iridescent black finish. Musée d'Orsay inventory number: OAO 1882.

(Source: musee-orsay.fr)

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Chocolatière (chocolate pot), Lucien Bonvallet, c. 1900, Minneapolis Institute of Art: Decorative Arts, Textiles and Sculpture

silver pot with gold vermeil interior and wood and ivory stirrer Chocolate pots were frequently used in the early 19th century when chocolate was at its height of popularity. Due to rather primitive refining processes it had to be stirred continously so the rich sediment wouldn't settle. The small hole and sliding cover in the lid accommodated a stirrer (spun between both hands). It was exhibited at the 1900 Exposition Universelle in Paris, but despite what appears to be a worn ivory handle (then considered to be an aesthetic enhancement) the work has never been used. Size: 6 x 5 7/8 in. (15.24 x 14.92 cm) (at handle) Medium: Silver and gold vermeil, wood and ivory (stirrer)

https://collections.artsmia.org/art/6983/