This butter and jam dish, decorated with laurel and oak motifs, appeared in the Gallia catalog between approximately 1909 and 1926. With its sinuous, elegant lines and nature-inspired decoration, this piece embodies the aesthetic of Art Nouveau, an artistic movement that flourished in France at the turn of the 20th century.


Christofle buys the patents for silver plating and gilding by electrolysis which gave birth to silver metal in France. He becomes a goldsmith.
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