Enamelled ewer in the Renaissance taste
Heliotrope, gold, enamel
Bapst und Falize
Germain Bapst (1853-1921)
Lucien Falize (1839-1897)
Paris, end of the 19th century
H: 28 cm. L: 15 cm.
Enamelled ewer in the Renaissance taste, the circular ribbed body decorated with an enamelled frieze featuring mythological scenes, the handle composed of an enamelled mermaid holding a snake’s head aloft, the spout supported on the head of Zephyr, and the finial surmounted by Poseidon. Exhibited by Bapst et Falize at the 1889 Exposition Universelle.
