Louis XVI style liqueur cabaret in silver and cut glass probably by Paul Canaux & Cie, Paris, 1892-1911

Louis XVI style liqueur cabaret in silver and cut glass probably by Paul Canaux & Cie, Paris, 1892-1911

oval in shape, the wooden core top resting on four foliage legs atop a ball, the edge applied with floral garlands, the edge decorated with twelve movable plain glass holders, the center of four bottle holders decorated with medallions and garlands flowers separated by cork holders, the socket in a ring molded with nets and stapled with flowers, the top engraved with alliance coats of arms stamped with a baron's tortil and stamped SCHURMANN, with its four carafes, their stoppers and twelve glass glasses engraved with foliage (a plain glass attached as well as a carafe stopper), in its box

Long. of the top 33 cm, total weight 1,393 g. without glassware

To the arms of Hottinguer barons.

This cabaret was produced in 1867 following the alliance of Rodolphe, Baron Hottinguer (1835 - 1920) with Louise de Bethmann (1845-1936). “When he succeeded his father in 1866, Rodolphe was 34 years old and had 54 years of active life ahead of him. He will mark with his brothers and cousins ​​this period of transition that was the end of the 19th century.^e and the beginning of the 20th century^e century. Rodolphe will be the man of choices. Very quickly, he perceived “that investment banking must be less intransigent and more discreet in its positions, but easier to access. In this sense, it will have to push its action since fortune, like men, evolves with time." Rodolphe distinguished himself in all the major projects of his time: in addition to his seat as Regent of the Bank of France, which he held for 52 years - an absolute record -, Rodolphe was president of the Compagnie Générale des Eaux, of the Ottoman Imperial Bank (today (now part of Grindlays Bank), vice-president of the Paris-Lyon-Mediterranean Railways and the Caisse d'Epargne de Paris, and finally director of the “La Nationale” insurance companies. It appears in the famous painting by James Tissot, the Circle of Rue Royale (ancestor of the New Circle of the Union) which his descendants recently sold to the Musée d'Orsay.

Condition of wear for the box and good condition of the liquor cabinet

Dimensions of the closed box: 38x34.5 cm height 35cm