Silver Metal Cup - Maison Christofle - Baccus - Period: 20th Century

Very beautiful silver-plated cup from the christofle house, its shaft is decorated with a statuette representing bacchus posing on a pedestal. Bacchus is the god of wine in roman mythology. He is also the god of many elements, obviously including the vine. He is the god of fertility, festivities, dance, vegetation, the pleasures of life and its excesses. Bacchus is also the god of intoxication, fury and subversion. He is an extremely important god. Period: 20th century dimensions: height: 21cm - diameter of the base: 8cm - diameter of the rim: 12.5cm stamp below: hallmarks and christofle france when we talk about silverware, there is a big name that comes straight away in the minds of connoisseurs: maison christofle. It was in 1830 that charles christofle, jeweler, founded the house which still bears his name today. Indeed, it was originally a small jewelry store in which charles christofle was an apprentice, before taking over the reins. He took over the successful family business, specializing in the manufacture of precious and avant-garde metals, and changed the destiny of the company by buying the silvering and gold patents by electrolysis, from the frenchman henri de ruolz, in 1842. This process is also called electroplating, it aims, among other things, to deposit a thin layer of silver or gold on an object. From there, charles christofle was able to begin manufacturing silver-plated parts on an industrial scale. If at the time, wealthy people had solid silver cutlery, others only used wooden or pewter cutlery. The success of maison christofle was immediate, the upper class who could not afford a solid silver service rushed to buy these silver plated cutlery sets which were less expensive than silver cutlery sets. In 1851, christofle became the official supplier of the second empire.

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