Fruit stand
Thomire Pierre-Philippe (1751-1843)
Category
Metalwork
Date
circa 1810
Materials
Ormolu and glass
Place of origin
France
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Attingham Park, Shropshire
NT 608522
Summary
A set of eight French ormolu fruit stands, four with three tiers with cut glass dishes on fluted column support and ring handle and four with two tiers; ormolu support for the largest dish decorated with vine leaves and grapes on a twisted stand, the vine leaf and grape design repeated on the base. Manufactured by Pierre-Philippe Thomire circa 1810 and engraved with THOMIRE A PARIS. Pierre-Philippe Thomire was the outstanding Empire 'Fondeur-Doreur'. A goldsmith and metalworker employed by both Louis XVI and Napoleon. He collaborated frequently with Weisweiler, making bronze mounts for his furniture, notably that for Caroline Murat, between 1809-11 (Palazzo Reale, Naples).
Provenance
Believed to be 3rd Lord Berwick collection: William Noel-Hill, 3rd Baron Berwick (1773-1842). By descent bequeathed to the National Trust with the estate, house and contents of Attingham by Thomas Henry Noel-Hill, 8th Baron Berwick (1877-1947) on 15th May 1953.
Marks and inscriptions
THOMIRE A PARIS (engraved)
Makers and roles
Thomire Pierre-Philippe (1751-1843)