Stephane Prudhomme Knife Rests

Title

Stephane Prudhomme Knife Rests

Description

1930 Complete set of twelve silver plated kniferests (portes couteaux) by Stephane Prudhomme illustrating favorite fables. Apparently in the original box. $154.71 from brocs_en_stock on Ebay, Jan., '18.

Each knife rest is a panel 3¼" wide and 1" high supported by triangles on the edges, whose other two sides are ¾" and 11/16". A sale on the internet was helpful for identifying this set as coming from Prudhomme. The small square towards the left edge in the top frame presents Prudhomme's mark, S and P around a caduceus. It took a high-resolution scan to produce the picture below of that mark. The twelve fables presented include expected standards like TMCM, CJ, GA, FS, WL, 2P, "The Hares and the Frogs," and "The Heron." There is also Florian's "The Monkey and the Magic Lantern. Three others are harder, at least for me, to identify. Is one "The Fox and the Cat"? What is the small object in their image? In another, two fowl seem to be arguing over a snail. In a final knife-rest there are three birds: might they be the mother lark and her young?

Source

$154.71 from brocs_en_stock on Ebay, Jan., '18.

Date

1930

Subject

The Town Mouse and the Country Mouse See all items with this value

The Cock and the Jewel See all items with this value

The Grasshopper and the Ant See all items with this value

The Fox and the Stork See all items with this value

The Wolf and the Lamb See all items with this value

Two Pitchers See all items with this value

The Hares and the Frogs See all items with this value

The Heron See all items with this value

The Monkey and the Magic Lantern See all items with this value

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Stephane Prudhomme Knife Rests See all items with this value