Caviar server, 1905
Jules Auguste Habert-Dysexpand_more
Silver, enamelexpand_more
The Modernism Collection, gift of Norwest Bank Minnesotaexpand_more 98.276.35a,b
On View in Gallery 379expand_more
This long-legged caviar server looks as if it could inch its way along a tabletop. The blue enamel flower clusters are hinged so the cap can be removed. Inside, a metal tube for caviar sits atop a pin, allowing space for crushed ice to keep the delicacy cold. The tube is lined with gold, the only metal that will not cause caviar to spoil. The egg shape of this one-of-a-kind piece references its contents (roe, or fish eggs) and recalls the famous Russian Imperial Fabergé Easter eggs shown in Paris at the 1900 Exposition Universelle.
Details
- Title
- Caviar server
- Artist Life
- Fresnes, Loir-et-Cher 1850–Paris [?] 1930
- Role
- Maker
- Accession Number
- 98.276.35a,b
- Curator Approved
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