CHRISTOFLE – Atlante model silver-plated metal sauce boat

Silver-plated sauce boat by christofle, atlante model. Hallmarks: • christofle in full, • oc a chess knight, • oc a scale with four stars and two branches in an oval. • the numbers 2 and 4; dimensions: • height: 10 cm. • length: 23 cm. • width: 15 cm. Condition report some scratches from use. Silver plating in very good condition, no dents. This sauce boat from the atlante collection was created in 1968. "these are refined pieces, with strict shapes, without ornament. Functionality then takes precedence over decoration" (source: christofle). An identical sauce boat is offered by christofle as part of its vintage resale business at a price of €490. Founded in 1830, christofle is a supplier to king louis-philippe, emperor napoleon III and the international elite. His pieces are kept in the greatest museums in the world such as the louvre museum, the museum of decorative arts, the orsay museum, the grand palais in paris, the metropolitan museum and the moma in new york, the victoria & albert museum and the british museum in london, the calouste gulbenkian foundation in lisbon, as well as at all the tables of heads of state, embassies, ministries and major bodies.