BOIN-TABURET (company active 1873-1905), Tea set

Consisting of a teapot (H. 21 cm, W. 22.5 cm, D. 14.3 cm) a bicush candy dish (H. 17.5 cm, W. 16.4 cm, D. 13 cm) and a creamer (H. 12.1 cm, W. 11.5 cm, D. 9.4 cm)
sterling silver ( 950), partly gilded, hallmarked (G.BOIN and the goldsmith's mark - in a rhombus, on the bottom BOIN TABURET/ A PARIS - minted in the depth, the hallmark of the assay office with the Minerva's head and the sample) ; blackened wood; weight 1540 g.
Paris, 4th quarter of the 19th century.
Vessels supported on four curved legs, decorated at the base with the motif of flowers in a tureen, pear-shaped, ribbed, covered at the top edge with a profiled lozenge with lashings; wooden milkmaid's and teapot's lugs, candy dish's c-shaped, floral; arched lids, decorated with a laurel lozenge with lashings, topped with a pine cone handle; candy dish and milkmaid's interiors gilded.
Emile Taburet's silverware factory, which had been in existence since 1860, was joined by his son-in-law Georges Boin in 1873. Georges Boin, an aficionado and collector of 18th century French goldsmithing, had a strong influence on the production profile and quality of the products, using, among other things, old patterns and models, and often old goldsmithing techniques. Boin-Taburet exhibited successfully at world exhibitions in 1886 in London, 1889 and 1900 Paris where they received a gold medal.