Elegant pewter fruit bowl decorated with vine branches. Around 1870 14 in MATERIAL Metal

14 in MATERIAL Metal

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is a remarkable piece of art that combines beauty

It was during the winter 1945

Elegant pewter fruit bowl decorated with vine branches. Around 1870 14 in MATERIAL MetalThe story Tin, a metal known since antiquity, under the name of stannum. Used by the Greeks to make bronze, it has many qualities. However, on 30 October 1870, Pierre did not think about this age old knowledge when he went to the factory. France was under siege and rumours were circulating that Paris might fall. Thinking of his family, who have remained in the Rhone valley, he takes the liberty of adding the vines of his childhood to the bowl of fruit