Placide POUSSIELGUE-RUSAND (French, 1824-1889) - Lot 365

Placide POUSSIELGUE-RUSAND (French, 1824-1889) Exceptional vermeil ciborium (hallmark: Minerve) resting on a polylobed base adorned with a string of pearls surmounted by Gothic orbevoies centered with alternating red stone cabochons and busts in the round of Christ, the Virgin and Saint Joseph. The octagonal shaft is centered by a knot decorated with cherub heads and topped by a bowl and lid with relief decoration of lanceolate motifs adorned with cabochons and topped by a trefoil cross. Gross weight: 1059.00 gr. Height Height : 30.8 cm In a presentation case. Note: A major 19th-century silversmith, Placide Poussielgue-Rusand took over the Choiselat-Gallien company in 1849. Inspired from an early age by the work of Fathers Martin and Cahier, he developed an erudite neo-Gothic style, nourished by medieval archaeology. Thanks to his industrial organization and strong commercial sense, he was able to offer modular liturgical objects sold by catalog. By 1862, his workshop had grown to 250 workers. He created remarkable works of sacred silverware, such as a ciborium for the coronation of the Bishop of Moulins (1850), a reliquary of the Crown of Thorns (1862, Louvre), and pieces now in the Musée d'Orsay (chalices, candlesticks, set for Amiens Cathedral). He won awards at all the Universal Exhibitions from 1851 to 1878, and became papal goldsmith. In 1889, he chaired the goldsmith jury at the Universal Exhibition. Bibliography - Françoise Besson (ed.), L'art religieux du XIXe siècle en France, Éditions du Patrimoine, 2000. - Dominique Ponnau, L'Orfèvrerie religieuse en France au XIXe siècle, Paris, Réunion des musées nationaux, 1988. - Musée du Louvre, catalogue: Reliquaire de la Couronne d'épines, 1862.