Jean-Charles Cahier
( 1772 - 1857 )
A Set of Four French Silver-Gilt Dishes
Jean-Charles Cahier
( 1772 - 1857 )
A Set of Four French Silver-Gilt Dishes
Paris 1819-1838
Maker's mark of Jean-Charles Cahier
Length: 27.5 cm, 10.8 in.
Weight: 3,110 g, 100 oz
The dishes of oval form, with palmette borders, the inner support with guilloche patterning, resting on four, winged horse head and hoof feet.
Cahier was born in Soissons, goldsmith merchant and jeweller, living in Paris, rue de Turenne (1802) then 58, Quai des Orfèvres, under the sign of A l'Ancre. He was appointed goldsmith to the King in 1816 and took over from Martin-Guillaume Biennais (1764-1843), who he was apprenticed to, when the latter retired from business in 1821. Cahier first rented the Biennais shop and workshop located at n ° 283 rue Saint-Honoré (1821), then bought his business (1823), but kept his own home at 58 Quai des Orfèvres.
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