Antique French 1st std silver wine taster tastevin circa 1880, CT for Cesar Tonnelier, Minerva head 1st std. The tastevin of usual form, the lower part of bowl with a surround of concave and swirl lobate style decoration, ribbed thumb piece handle. Marked on handle and bowl and handle with maker’s mark in lozenge. Measures: Diameter 2.6 inches; length 3.5 inches; weight 35 grams.
Antique French 1st std silver wine taster tastevin circa 1880 Cesar Tonnelier
by Louis Wine€375
Antique French 1st std silver wine taster tastevin circa 1880
Louis Wine
Louis Wine Ltd., Toronto specialists in Antique Silver , Antique Jewellery & Decorative Arts, are a 4th generation family business.Louis Wine (1865-1946) founded the company in Dublin, Ireland in 1880. Louis Wine began selling to silver collectors in Dublin from a shop in historic Wellington Quay. In 1908, he located on Dublin's fashionable Grafton Street. To the firm came the worlds leading Georgian Silver collectors. Pieces by Paul de Lamerie, Paul Storr, Hester Bateman and Irish Georgian Silver were constantly on display. Our gallery run by Richard (Louis Wine's great grandson) at 150 Cumberland Street (Yorkville), Toronto, displays a range of fine Antique Silver, Old Sheffield Plate, Antique Jewellery & Decorative Arts from the 18th-20th century, including Bateman, Storr, Ramsden, Tiffany, Knox, Liberty, Jensen, Christopher Dresser.
