Bernard PERROT (Altarre 1640-1709 Orléans),... - Lot 241 - FW Auction

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Bernard PERROT (Altarre 1640-1709 Orléans),... - Lot 241 - FW Auction
Bernard PERROT (Altarre 1640-1709 Orléans), Royal Glassworks of Orléans, RARE cup, hinge XVIIth-XVIIIth century The translucent goblet was blown and molded. It has a slightly yellowish aspect, perhaps due to the conditions of conservation. The shape is that of a goblet with a ribbed handle added by heat. Under the band with small horizontal lozenges around the drinker, the decoration in relief unfolds -in almost rectangular registers- successively; a stag topped by two stars, a muse (?) with a star, a lion hoisting and a man wearing a hat holding a large stick. H. 9.8 cm The base of the handle with a chip. A cup of this type is kept in the Ariana Museum, Geneva and in the collection of J.Geyssant, cf. this author, Revue des Amis du Musée national de Céramique, Sèvres, n°23, 2014, ill. 23.To underline the preciousness and rarity of this cup, this extract from the Catalogue of the exhibition of the Musée des Beaux-Arts d'Orléans, " Bernard Perrot Secrets et chefs-d'œuvre des verreries Bernardo Perrotto (Altare, 1640 - Orléans, 1709), belonged to a family of glassmakers from Altare since the 15th century, located north of Genoa, and was renowned for its glassmakers who, since the 15th century, had emigrated throughout Europe, including Nevers with Giovanni Castellano, Bernard Perrot's uncle, who obtained an exclusive privilege from Colbert along the Loire. In 1668, Bernard Perrot set up his glassworks in Orleans and had a store there since 1671, and again in 1692, on the Quai de l'Horloge in Paris, where his richest clientele was to be found. Precious objects, many of his works garnish the most beautiful tables. Indeed, the production of luxury objects by Bernard Perrot's workshop is often linked to the refinement of the arts of the table: flasks, goblets, vases, ewers, candlesticks, table mantles, cutlery handles. During his career in Orléans, King Louis XIV and the Duke of Orléans of Orleans -who were also his clients- granted him exclusive rights for the kingdom and the duchy to manufacture and sell all kinds of works "of crystal, common glass, enamel-tinted glass, other kinds of glassware".
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