STRAUSS, ALLARD & MEYER, Epoque Art Déco - Lot 61

STRAUSS, ALLARD & MEYER, Epoque Art Déco A pair of square-section, rectangular covered boxes in 925-milliliter silver, brown lacquered in two different shades, with vermeil interiors. One is topped with a nephrite jade decorative subject representing a dragon, its eyes set with rose-cut diamonds and highlighted with a black enamel filet. The other is topped with a decorative coral subject stylizing a tree trunk, decorated in bas-relief with a butterfly and a bird, and in high relief with a Fo dog. The molded ebony base rests on four small 925 thousandths silver feet. Several numberings are present: "5196" on the lid and base of one, "17185" on the lid and base of the other, "5246" under a foot. One also reveals a finer series of numbers stamped "5589". French work, diamond-shaped hallmark of Atelier STRAUSS, ALLARD & MEYER on the various elements. English-London import hallmark, letter-date "L" for 1926 and importer's hallmark "G.F". Total dimensions: 12.5x8.5x8.5cm and 14x8.5x8.5cm. P. Gross: 330.6 and 314.8 g. Total gross weight: 645.4 g. During the Art Deco period, the Atelier Strauss, Allard & Meyer, specialized in objets de vertu, worked for numerous Maisons on Rue de la Paix and Place Vendôme, producing sets for Cartier, Janesich, Lacloche Frères and Van Cleef & Arpels. Lacquer and enamel work was one of their specialties. Their workshop was a must, with up to eighty case makers. Bibliography: -GLORIEUX, Guillaume (dir.), Objets Précieux Art Déco, Thames & Hudson, 2017. - MOUILLEFARINE, L. and RISTELHUEBER, V., Lacloche Joailliers, Editions Norma, L'Ecole des Arts Joailliers, 2019.