A stylish contemporary Ravissant silver five piece tea and…
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A stylish contemporary Ravissant silver five piece tea and coffee service, the four piece set designed by a leading Dutch silversmith Jan Van Nouhuys, the tray by Paul Binder. circa 1980/1990, the service includes: coffee pot, tea pot, sugar, cream and tray. The off-centered round tapered bodies morphing to square tops, each raised on a square foot. With green hardstone handles and hinged lid finials, possibly jade. Impressed marker's, designers and 925 silver marks to each. The tray with silver 925 and maker's marks with the designer's mark PB for Paul Binder of Zurich Paul Binder was renowned as the finest Swiss gold and silversmith of his generation. Known for breakthrough contemporary styling. Jan Van Nouhuys is noted as the most prominent of contemporary Dutch silversmiths, who succeeded in elevating the silversmithing craft to an autonomous art form. Note: Ravissant is one of India's leading luxury brands with reputedly the largest silversmithing workshop in the world, they entered the exclusive world of sterling silverware as a pioneer, back in 1982. Every creation is unique and exquisite, painstakingly hand crafted under the critical eye of silversmiths from Holland and Germany and Switzerland. 4690gm.
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- Circa - A Latin term meaning 'about', often used in the antique trade to give an approximate date for the piece, usually considered to be five years on either side of the circa year. Thus, circa 1900 means the piece was made about 1900, probably between 1895 and 1905. The expression is sometimes abbreviated to c.1900.
- Finial - An architectural decoration, found on the upper parts of of an object. On furniture they are usually found on pediments, canopies and shelf supports. On smaller ceramic or silver items, such as spoons, they may decorate the top of the item itself, or the lid or cover where they provide a useful handle for removal.
Finials have a variety of shapes and forms. They may be urn-shaped, baluster shaped round or spiral, but usually taper into an upper point. Many real life shapes may also be used as finials, such as pineapples, berries, pinecones, buds, lotus and acorns. Sometimes animals such as a lion are depicted, or fish and dolphins. - Hardstone - Hardstone is not a scientific name for a particular gemstone, but a word used to describe any one or more semi-precious stones used in jewellery and decorative arts, and can include jade, agate, onyx, rock crystal, amber, jet and carnelian. Softer stones and minerals such as soapstone, and alabaster and hard stones used in building such as marble or granite are generally excluded.
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