Christofle Covered Vegetable Dish – Luc Lanel – Reeded Round Handles – Art Deco – Silver-Plate

This covered vegetable dish in silver-plate is a design by Luc Lanel for the House of Christofle. As Christofle's head of design, Luc Lanel was one of the leading figures of Art Deco in French silverware; he is known in particular for the America and Atlas flatware patterns.

The design is remarkably restrained, typical of 1930s Art Deco. The round, smooth body with a mirror polish is highlighted below the rim by a band of parallel reeding. The two solid round handles repeat this decoration in concentric reeding. The slightly conical lid is edged with the same reeding and topped by a ringed spool-shaped finial crowned with a reeded disc. The finial is screwed on, with its nut visible inside the lid.

The piece is signed CHRISTOFLE under the base and bears the hallmark with the chess knight and the letters OC, used by Christofle from 1935. The absence of the number I or II, added to this hallmark from 1983, places its manufacture between these two dates. The numbers 3 and 0 are also struck in two squares. The marks are visible in the photographs.

Details:
• House: Christofle
• Designer: Luc Lanel
• Style: Art Deco
• Type: Vegetable dish with lid
• Material: Silver-plate
• Period: between 1935 and 1983
• Origin: France
• Width including handles: 27 cm
• Diameter: 20.5 cm
• Height of the bowl: 7 cm
• Overall height including finial: 12 cm
• Marking: Christofle, knight and OC hallmark, numbers 3 and 0

Condition: pre-owned piece in good overall condition; this is not a new item. The silver-plating is intact, with no wear through to the base metal. The piece shows a few micro-scratches from use, consistent with its age, mostly visible under the base. Condition is shown in detail in the photographs.

Its clean lines suit a classic table as well as a contemporary setting, and it naturally finds its place in a collection devoted to French Art Deco.