DEBAIN & FLAMAND (1864-1880), Water jug with ice cartridge

sterling silver (950) hallmarked (hallmark of the assay office with the head of Minerva and sample 1, goldsmith's mark and name of the company partially missing - in rhombus), glass; height 31 cm, width 19.5 cm, depth 13.5 cm.
France, Paris, ca. 1880.
Jug of clear glass, polished with spiral cannelles, pear-shaped with a high neck, silver-plated; neck decorated with a rooster's crest, with a short, high positioned spout, with an arched hinged lid decorated with a swirling rosette, surmounted by a pinnacle of acanthus volutes, with a c-shaped ear on the side, decorated at the base with a rooster's crest; ferrules and ear decorated with cannelures. Inside, a cylindrical ice container clad in silver, closed with a lid.
The company was founded by François-Alphonse Debain, who registered his mark - two men in a boat - in 1847. His son and heir Alphonse Edouard formed a partnership with Louis-Frederic Flamant as Debain & Flamant, took over his father's mark, adding his partner's name to it. The partnership existed until 1880. Debain was succeeded by Flamant, who kept the existing mark while adding the new company name Flamant & Fils.