Rare Peau De Lion Cutlery Silver Plated Teaspoon Fraget Charles Rossigneux
Item History & Price
| Reference Number: Avaluer:49212509 | Approx Size: 12.5cm / 4.92" |
| Composition: Silver Plate | Product: Spoons |
| Brand: Fraget | Style: Empire |
| Antique: Yes | Age: 1850-1899 |
| Material: Silver Plate | Pattern: Peau de Lion |
Exceptionally Rare 'Peau de Lion' Silver Plated Teaspoon by Fraget
For those who don't speak French, the pattern name - Peau de Lion - simply means Lion Skin which is what is being portrayed on the flatware and hollowware in this pattern. It was supposed to recall the lion skin worn by the mythical Hercules. The pattern was designed by Charles Rossigneux to be shown at the 1867 Paris Exposition, the pattern was produced by three factories Fraget, Christofle and Gorham - it is withou...t doubt the most sought after cutlery patterns, and very scarce.
Approx Size: 12.5cm / 4.92"
Good solid condition, plating is still bright, full Fraget Factory marks, usual signs of age and use. Listing is for one piece, additional pieces are available.
Fraget HistoryThe Fraget factory was founded by two French businessmen – the brothers Alphonse (Alfons) and Joseph (in Polish, Józef) Fraget in 1824. However, after 1841 Joseph Fraget became the sole owner of this company. In the fifties-sixties of the XIX century, the firm turned to the production of electroplated silver items and exported them mainly to the Russian market. The products of the Fraget firm soon turned out to be extremely popular. Since, any silver-plated item in the Russian Empire was called simply “fraget”. In 1867 Joseph Fraget died, and his business was inherited by his son Julian. In 1905, Julian was assassinated and from 1906 Fraget was managed by Julian’s daughter, Maria Antonina, who died in 1934. In 1939 with the start of World War II, the Fraget company stopped its activity.The Norblin factory was founded in 1809 by the goldsmith Filip Vorbrodt, who came to Warsaw from the small Anhalt Principality in Germany. His daughter, Henriette Leopoldina Augusta, first married the French silversmith Jean Cerisy and then (after her hudband’s death in 1831) another French jeweller Vincent (in Polish, Wincenty) Norblin, the son of Alexander Jean Norblin, owner of a bronze factory in Warsaw. Vincent Norblin (1805-1872) significantly increased the production of silver and bronze items and organised the silver plating. In 1865 he sold the factory to his son Ludwig (in Polish, Ludwik) Norblin (1/2 of the whole capital), daughter Albertina Wilhelmina (1/4 of the whole capital) and her husband A. Teodor Werner (1/4 of the whole capital), who was the owner of another silver foundry in Warsaw. After that, Ludwig Norblin and Teodor Werner united their factories in one large company NORBLIN i Ska (NORBLIN i Spó-ka), which means in English NORBLIN & Co. However, they continued to work separately, Ludwig Norblin was producing electroplated silver items, while Teodor Werner worked with sterling silver items. In 1872 Ludwig Norblin (1836-1914) bought a silver plate company from Buch Brothers. In 1893, he organized a new public company Norblin, Buch Brothers & T. Werner . Like Fraget, Norblin company also successfully survived World War I, but stopped production in 1939.
For those who don't speak French, the pattern name - Peau de Lion - simply means Lion Skin which is what is being portrayed on the flatware and hollowware in this pattern. It was supposed to recall the lion skin worn by the mythical Hercules. The pattern was designed by Charles Rossigneux to be shown at the 1867 Paris Exposition, the pattern was produced by three factories Fraget, Christofle and Gorham - it is withou...t doubt the most sought after cutlery patterns, and very scarce.
Approx Size: 12.5cm / 4.92"
Good solid condition, plating is still bright, full Fraget Factory marks, usual signs of age and use. Listing is for one piece, additional pieces are available.
Fraget HistoryThe Fraget factory was founded by two French businessmen – the brothers Alphonse (Alfons) and Joseph (in Polish, Józef) Fraget in 1824. However, after 1841 Joseph Fraget became the sole owner of this company. In the fifties-sixties of the XIX century, the firm turned to the production of electroplated silver items and exported them mainly to the Russian market. The products of the Fraget firm soon turned out to be extremely popular. Since, any silver-plated item in the Russian Empire was called simply “fraget”. In 1867 Joseph Fraget died, and his business was inherited by his son Julian. In 1905, Julian was assassinated and from 1906 Fraget was managed by Julian’s daughter, Maria Antonina, who died in 1934. In 1939 with the start of World War II, the Fraget company stopped its activity.The Norblin factory was founded in 1809 by the goldsmith Filip Vorbrodt, who came to Warsaw from the small Anhalt Principality in Germany. His daughter, Henriette Leopoldina Augusta, first married the French silversmith Jean Cerisy and then (after her hudband’s death in 1831) another French jeweller Vincent (in Polish, Wincenty) Norblin, the son of Alexander Jean Norblin, owner of a bronze factory in Warsaw. Vincent Norblin (1805-1872) significantly increased the production of silver and bronze items and organised the silver plating. In 1865 he sold the factory to his son Ludwig (in Polish, Ludwik) Norblin (1/2 of the whole capital), daughter Albertina Wilhelmina (1/4 of the whole capital) and her husband A. Teodor Werner (1/4 of the whole capital), who was the owner of another silver foundry in Warsaw. After that, Ludwig Norblin and Teodor Werner united their factories in one large company NORBLIN i Ska (NORBLIN i Spó-ka), which means in English NORBLIN & Co. However, they continued to work separately, Ludwig Norblin was producing electroplated silver items, while Teodor Werner worked with sterling silver items. In 1872 Ludwig Norblin (1836-1914) bought a silver plate company from Buch Brothers. In 1893, he organized a new public company Norblin, Buch Brothers & T. Werner . Like Fraget, Norblin company also successfully survived World War I, but stopped production in 1939.
