French Sterling Silver Naughty Mermaid Tastevin / Wine Taster
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Directory: Vintage Arts: Decorative Art: Metals: Silver: Continental: Pre 1970: Item # 1492023
Directory: Vintage Arts: Decorative Art: Metals: Silver: Continental: Pre 1970: Item # 1492023
$925.00
A delightful second standard (800/1000 pure silver) French tastevin featuring a mermaid. The overall design is in traditional Burgundian style, with “cupules,” and “perles” for viewing the color and clarity of either red or white wines, but this example is set apart because of the seaweed-surrounded mermaid set into the bottom. She has a distinctly “naughty mermaid” appearance typical of 1950s/60s Playboy illustrations. The thumb ring is worked in a rope motif. Both the thumbpiece and the bowl are stamped with French silver marks and the master silversmith’s mark for Ste Arcaud. The tastevin is presented in its original box from the Rolta boutiqueon rue de l’Opéra in Paris.
- Origin: France, ca. 1960
- Condition: excellent
- Dimensions: 3-5/16” x 4-1/4” x 1”
- Weight: 86.0 grams
