Vintage 1950s Christofle Silver Plate Deux Poissons Vase Apres Ski since pre-historic times

since pre-historic times

Soft and sweet and a holiday favorite

and fruit while pouring a cocktail from a shaker

An individual sized blue enamel cast iron mini  lidded cocotte for sauces

A graphic and energetic example from the 1890s

Vintage 1950s Christofle Silver Plate Deux Poissons Vase Apres Ski since pre-historic timesVintage 1950s Christofle Silver Plate Deux Poissons Vase. When Japan opened its doors to the West at the close of the nineteenth century, a fascination with the East began to shape European decorative arts for decades to come. In that spirit of Orientalism and in a richly naturalistic style, Christofle created this sculptural vase with two fish symmetrically intertwined, their bodies rising gracefully as they rest upon their tail flukes. The result is