Postby dognose » Fri Jul 02, 2021 5:25 am
CHRISTOFLE, CHARLES (French). Goldsmith and Silversmith, born in Paris on 25, October 1805, died there on 13, December 1863 ; founder of the important Silversmith Works of Christofle & Co. in Paris; after his death, his son Paul (1838-1907) and nephew Henri Bouilhet (1830-1910) undertook the direction.
The firm has edited at various times medals and plaquettes, and employed some of the foremost French artists, as Carrier-Belleuse, Roty, Coutan, Moreau, Gautherin, Falguiere, Jacquemart, Delaplanche, Mallet, Jules Cheret, and others.
Source: Biographical Dictionary of Medallists - 1923
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